The Last Ride: A Hull gangland tale of revenge (Avenue Cars Book 4) by Chris Speck

Author:Chris Speck [Speck, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flat City Press
Published: 2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Our Dave gets set

In the office upstairs, Our Dave sits opposite Face looking at his scars. The lawyer has his brow creased in thought. Our Dave has explained everything – the coincidence with Bev picking up Jerusalem, her abduction, Uncle George’s brutal reputation as well as the stark reality of one crime organisation swallowing another. Face may be a lawyer and a stickler for the rules but he is from Hessle Road stock, his grandfather was a trawler skipper, and so were his father and grandfather before him. It’s where Face gets his charm and his robust sense that the universe is only a few steps from screwing you over. Six months ago, he shot someone in the chest, a woman, and watched her bleed out in Our Dave’s kitchen. He weathered it then, and he’ll weather this now, that’s why Our Dave can trust him.

“What do you suggest?” asks Our Dave.

“Sell him the whole business.”

“You’d all be done in if I did that. Maybe I should pay him a visit.”

“And do what?”

“Something old school.” Face screws up his features as if this is a stupid idea.

“You don’t know where he is.”

“He said he was at Tickton.” This is a tiny place on the road out of Beverley towards the coast. There’s a pub on the little river there and moored up boats in various states of disrepair. It’s not the kind of place Dutch gangsters would choose to stay.

“Tickton?” repeats Face.

“There’s a big Georgian house just outside,” says Our Dave, “posh folk hire it out for weddings and the like. It’s a hotel as well. He’ll be there. His minder is a bird watcher.” The old man furrows his brow in worry. It’s a good job Hazel isn’t around anymore with what he’s thinking about doing. He doesn’t have the shotgun under the shed in his allotment anymore so he will have to source something else. He hasn’t got the connections he once had.

“Well, what will you do when you find him? You’ve told me what kind of man he is. What could you do to him?”

“Something stupid,” says Our Dave. “At least if I do that, he’ll leave this place alone.”

“He won’t.” Face sits back in his chair as he does when he’s thinking. “You’ll have to be tactful. Heavy handed won’t cut it, not if you want Bev’s friend out of there as well.”

“He won’t expect us to do anything, not when he hasn’t actually threatened us yet. I’d say the best plan is to get rid of him.” It has been a long time since Our Dave has done anything in cold blood. “Sometimes you have to belt someone first, before they hit you.”

“The best way to win a fight is not to fight at all,” says Face.

“Sounds like shite to me, kid.” replies the old man. Our Dave knows a thing or two even if he might not look like he does. His mind is whirring already about what equipment he can get his hands on and from where.

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