Cuckoo by Richard Wright

Author:Richard Wright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Richard Wright
Published: 2008-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

ABDUCTION

After a hasty departure from Georgina’s flat, one marked mostly by paranoia and nerves, the rest of their plans were made at Alex’s. It was still the only place Greg thought might have slipped past the guard of his enemies. When they had settled there, curtains drawn, he outlined his idea.

“Georgina, as far as the police will be concerned, is an unreliable witness. Our relationship was...well...a secret. There’s only our word that it happened at all. There’s no proof that she even knew me. The only person who can help me now is Jennifer.”

Alex pointed out the obvious flaw. “Greg, she believes this other man is you. As she understands it, she’s met you just once, when you knocked on her door, and that was hardly the best of introductions.”

“I know. That’s why we’re going to kidnap her.”

Despite their protests, Greg finally convinced them that the plan had merit. Jennifer would be abducted at some point when her ersatz husband was away from home. Once she had been brought back to the flat, Greg would try to find a way past her brainwashing in the hope that she might reach the same level of awareness as he. It was a slim chance, but also the only thing he could come up with that might work.

It would be painful, he knew. He remembered her fear when he broke into the house. If she looked at him with terror in her eyes, his heart would break. It would be up to Alex and George to keep him strong

Of the two, it was Georgina who had most amazed him with her mettle. She must know that she was now fighting for the end of their relationship, but she had not wavered. Again, he was struck by how remarkable a woman he had involved himself with, and resolved to make the most of the time left to them.

After the plan had been settled and approved, they designated roles. Despite Greg’s protests, Georgina had been the one chosen to watch the house for the creature’s departure. Alex had made the most sense of the decision.

“Calm down,” he had soothed after Greg threatened to do it alone rather than endanger her. “It isn’t that we have a lot of choice. We know for a fact that the creature owned photographs of me meeting you, and you can’t stake the place out yourself. There’s a chance that Georgina is a face it doesn’t know.” He was right, but it was the least satisfactory part of the plan. That left Alex and he to commit the abduction. It was a simple idea, but a one-shot only gambit. If it failed, the enemy would be forewarned. There would be no further opportunity to try the same thing.

Once Georgina had called them from her mobile, she would return to the flat by the quickest means and await their arrival. Meanwhile, Greg and Alex would drive to the house and snatch Jennifer.

Two major worries plagued Greg, the first of which was that the creature might return during the attempt.

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