The Last Stand Down by Philip J. Bradbury

Author:Philip J. Bradbury [Bradbury, Philip J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: drama, action, adventure, England, new zealand, burglary, James Bond
Publisher: Philip J Bradbury
Published: 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

The Scottish Connection

Tuesday, 13th March 2012, 11.04 a.m.

Without Toby there to answer and filter her calls, Mary was in a less-than-generous mood when her phone screamed at her for the hundredth time that morning.

"Mary Collins speaking," she said gruffly, while trying to complete yet another useless report to tell the chinless wonders at head office the most obvious things like the world was still going round, it's still ruled by idiots and her branch was still making a profit and should not be shut down. She was absorbed in trying to report enough fascinating hogwash to save her having to mention the fact that the Atkinson case had a bit of a lean to it and she didn't yet know how to straighten it up. And she missed Sam.

"Hello Mary, how yer be?" came a Scottish brogue over the phone. "Are ye there ... Mary, are ye there?"

"Oh my God, is that you Angus?" asked Mary, astonished. She had never heard her brother's voice on the phone before. Then she wondered why he was ringing. "What's happened? Is it Da or Ma?"

"No, no, Mary, they're all fine. Well, as fine as they're ever goin' ta be," said Angus, chuckling. "It's about someone else ye don't know. They're from ..." The phone went quiet and she could hear muffled conversation. "They're from New Zealand, they say."

"What the hell are you doing in New Zealand?" asked Mary, her brain still at half-mast, still trying to construct the stupid report in front of her.

"I'm not, I'm at home, in Dunfermline, at the Fordyce's place," he said. "They called me over thinkin' I might know yer number and I remembered ye left yer card, yer business card, with me when I promised to cal1 ye. And here I am!"

"Right ... so, well, amazing to hear your voice, Angus," said Mary, giving the conversation her full attention now. "Actually, it's lovely to hear your voice, Angus. So what do these people want?"

"Well, Mr Fordyce wants to have a word but I'll put these people on first. They're in some bother."

"Hello Mary, it's John Maranui here and you probably don't have a clue who I am but Mr Lord at your firm has been very helpful to us over the last few years," said John.

"Sam Lord? Do you know where he is?" asked Mary, her heart in her mouth at the mention of Sam's name.

"You don't know where he is? Damn!" said John. "We were hoping he could help us out a bit here. We've tried but we just can't get through to Belinda's parents, the Atkinsons."

"The Atkinsons ... Lord Atkinson?" asked Mary, feeling like a herd of coincidences was approaching.

"Yes, he's Belinda's, my wife's father. His phone seems to be off the hook or something," said John. "We're holidaying here from New Zealand and our car's been nicked. We're not sure what to do next and somehow ended up talking to this Mr Fordyce here ..."

"Right, the first thing is you can count on my family and the Fordyces for help and hospitality.

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