For Your Sins by Joe McNally

Author:Joe McNally
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: joe mcnally

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It was early afternoon on the last day of the year. Eddie and Mave drove to the Wainwright place with the money. Eddie carried the bag from the car. Charlie was at the window and saw them coming.

Charlie opened the door. Eddie smiled, clutching the grey hessian bag, ‘Home delivery, sir? Did you order two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand pounds in well used notes?’

Charlie smiled and stepped back, opening the door wide.

Inside, Charlie said, ‘I thought security guards were delivering it?’

Eddie said, ‘They did. They delivered it to us. We didn’t want them coming here. No point having another two people knowing where a big bag of cash will be sitting overnight.’

Charlie said, ‘We’d be in a bind right enough if security men were plotting against us.’

‘No sense in taking the chance, Charlie,’ Eddie said.

‘I suppose not. Now sit yourselves down. Liz’s gone to get the papers. I’ll put the kettle on.’

Fifteen minutes later they sat at the big pine kitchen table, the low winter sun strong and yellow through the window spotlighting Charlie as he spoke. ‘Fair exchange, for now, at least.’ He pushed the documents toward Mave, ‘The deeds for this place, all in order and signed over to you. If we catch the fella and you get your money back, you can burn them.’

Mave said, ‘Listen, Charlie-’

He raised a hand, ‘It’s decided, Mave. We can’t say how grateful we are but we want you to have security on the money. Something might happen tomorrow, to me or to Liz, or to both of us. If it does, it’ll be too late to make amends.’ He gave the stack of papers a final push toward Mave and he kept his hand there until Mave put her hand on the documents.

Liz smiled, ‘Hopefully, at this time tomorrow we can have a drink and celebrate this man being in prison and Gabby being back in his box.’

Eddie said, fingers crossed. ‘I spoke to Mac before we left. Bryce’s guys are still trying to get a result from the French police on Volvo 740s but they reckon they have things pretty much as they want them at the service station.’

‘And there’s no black Volvo in place at Hilton Park right now?’ Liz asked.

‘Not when we last spoke.’

Charlie shook his head. ‘How the hell is this guy planning to get away? I still think that’s his biggest problem.’

Eddie shrugged, ‘More to the point, what has Bryce got in mind for catching him? After all that brain-storming the other night, Bryce isn’t saying much, but Mac says that’s his style. Mac’s confident in him.’

Liz said, ‘DS Bryce does seem a good mix of, well, caution, I suppose and confidence.’

Charlie reached for his wife’s hand, ‘I hope you’re right.’

Eddie lifted the hessian bag from the floor, ‘Want to count this, just to be sure?’

Liz said, ‘Did you count it when they delivered it?’

Eddie said, ‘Well, they counted it out for us.’

‘Happy with it?’ Charlie asked.

‘Looked fine. Fifties in bundles of a hundred. Fifty bundles. Didn’t take long.’

Liz sighed, ‘I’m glad DS Bryce decided not to put a bug in with the money.

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