Colombian Cocaine War by David Monnery

Author:David Monnery
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008154929
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-12T14:50:36.428000+00:00

7

The small amount of dawn light filtering through the roof of their star-shaped hide was a good sign, Wynwood thought, as he lay on his back in one of its arms. Above him rows of cut branches supported the waterproof sheeting they had brought with them, and above that a thin layer of turf with vegetation cover had been added. An unsuspecting stranger might fall in, but someone looking out for it would have to search the small dip in the slope with a very suspicious eye to spot anything.

Raising his head, Wynwood could see Eddie’s feet just protruding from one of the arms at right angles to his. A low snoring could be heard, which was not so good. He looked at his watch. It was 06.15. Time to get moving. He crawled towards the centre of the star, and raised his head up through the hollow ball of vegetation they had placed there.

‘Morning, boss.’ The Dame’s voice was so low he only just heard it. Looking up he could see him perched astride the split trunk of a tree.

Wynwood scrambled out and walked across, taking care to vary the route. ‘No sign of Chris?’ he asked.

‘He arrived about twenty minutes ago. He’s gone down to wash.’

‘I’ll do the same when he comes back.’ It was important to keep clean – the less they smelled, the more chance they had of remaining undetected, particularly by dogs.

Chris appeared, so silently that he almost made Wynwood jump. Another good sign, he thought. This had the makings of an excellent patrol. The two men smiled at each other. ‘Wake Eddie up,’ Wynwood told the Dame. ‘We’d better have a meeting. Oh, and tell him to bring the make-up.’

‘A pleasure,’ the Dame said.

‘No problems?’ Wynwood asked, squatting down next to Chris.

‘Nope. The car’s in a bush about twelve kilometres away. It’s about fifty metres from the road, and I did my best to cover up the tracks. It’s hard to tell in the dark…’ He looked around. ‘Shouldn’t we have someone on lookout?’

‘We will soon. As far as I can tell, no human has set foot in this valley for months. Or on any of the slopes overlooking Totoro. They may be armed to the teeth down there, but the notion of active defence seems to have passed them by, thank Christ. So I think we can do without a lookout for ten minutes. We need to talk about the day’s work.’

Chris nodded his agreement. ‘I could do with a few hours’ sleep.’

‘You’re first in the queue. Ah, here comes Sleeping Beauty.’

Eddie and the Dame made a circle with the other two. ‘Where’s breakfast?’ Eddie asked.

Everyone ignored him.

‘This is the plan for the day,’ Wynwood said. ‘We’ll do four-hour shifts in the observation post, starting with Eddie, then me, then Chris. By then it’ll be dark again and we’ll re-evaluate. After Eddie’s done his shift and the Dame has had some sleep the two of you can go up the mountain and look for a decent landing zone.

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