THE COMPLETE THOMAS BLADEN THRILLERS five gripping spy thrillers by DEREK THOMPSON

Author:DEREK THOMPSON [THOMPSON, DEREK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe books crime thriller and espionage box sets
Published: 2020-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 43

“I think this might be her,” Miranda got up from her chair and craned her neck towards the trail of souls meandering through Arrivals.

The hard-core travellers had bustled through a good ten minutes ago — these were the waifs and strays. Thomas didn’t comment. He stood up and straightened his jacket, standing close enough to Miranda to sense the heat between them. It was time.

“Come on,” he set off briskly, dulling his own excitement; this secret squirrel stuff was addictive.

The woman looked lost. Scratch that, she looked weighed down and in need of a friendly face. He waved, continued walking and introduced himself and Miranda as the welcoming committee.

“Did you have a good flight?”

She nodded. What was she supposed to say? She looked like she wanted to cry. He picked up her bag and led off towards the car park, leaving Miranda to work her magic. By the time they got to the car, he could hear laughter behind him — the kind that dissolved barriers and healed wounds.

Traffic was a pig of course, but that was fine. It gave them all space to make the adjustment. By the time they reached the mean streets of Kilburn, he’d decided how to play out the last hand. He pulled up and asked Miranda to do the honours.

As their passenger got out, she leaned forward to Thomas and kissed him on the cheek. “For your trouble,” she placed a bottle of whiskey in the car.

“It was no trouble at all, Jacqui,” he smiled, wiping away her tears from his face as if they were his own.

Miranda walked her up the path and knocked on the door, but she didn’t hang around. Thomas got out and stood beside her, felt her arm circling around him and mirrored it.

Karl opened the door, saw Jacqueline and gazed at her. Then he turned and raised a grateful hand to the couple. Thomas nodded and got back into his car — job done.

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