Sid Halley - 04 - Under Orders by Dick Francis

Author:Dick Francis
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780425217566
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007-08-07T19:09:22+00:00

The following day, Monday, Marina decided not to go in to work. We had both become rather obsessed with security and decided that, for the foreseeable future, I would take Marina to work and collect her every day in my car. I told the reception staff downstairs that on no account were they to allow anyone up to my flat without calling up on the internal phone system first to check with me that they were welcome. Absolutely, Mr Halley, they had said. They never would, anyway.

I called Harrow School and asked to speak to Frank Snow. They were sorry, they said, but Mr Snow is only in his office on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Would I like to leave a message or call back? I would call back. Fine.

I phoned Archie Kirk to give him an update on my lack of progress with the internet gambling. I had a few questions still to ask and would get back to him soon, I said. Good, he replied, and hung up. Never trust anyone, not even a telephone.

I sat for a while in my office tidying up my e-mail inbox. I was restless.

Marina came in and caught me playing cards on my computer.

‘For goodness sake, Sid, go out and investigate. I thought we’d been through all this. Yesterday you were gagging to find the killer so why this change of heart all of a sudden?’

I shrugged.

‘I told you,’ she said, ‘I want the same protection as you, I want the same reputation.’

‘Are you sure?’

‘Yes. Now get a bloody move on and stop wasting time.’

‘Right,’ I said standing up. ‘Action stations.’

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