The Snare by David A Ogunde

Author:David A Ogunde [Ogunde, David A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Life Ventures Inc
Published: 2020-06-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 59

The next half hour flew by like a few minutes as Sammy drew from the infinite well of her opinions and—what she believed to be—facts. Kaz stayed silent and half attentive. (He must have to hear these things all the time, Sarah thought.) But his quiet persona looked relatively content as he played with a trinket he had pulled from his pocket. At one point, Sarah asked to see it. After a moment’s hesitation, Kaz handed her a mini rendition of Big Ben. It was heavier than it looked, and scuffed and scratched in several places; but the overall detail of the cast metal seemed to be in order—the clock’s miniature hands faithfully resting to show a perpetual 11 o‘clock. She passed it back with a grateful smile and watched him tuck it back in his coat as Sammy, seeming to be keen on providing as much information as she could about anything, switched her topic flawlessly.

“Kaz is always picking up bits and pieces of things to put in his collection. But he’s kept that trinket in his pocket since he found it several weeks ago in a gutter. Haven’t you?”

“I like it,” Kaz muttered to his hands, a rosy tinge creeping up his cheekbones again.

Sammy chatted a little bit more, though steering clear of specific mentions of where or how they lived. Sarah thought the girl could’ve talked for the rest of the day if she hadn’t been interrupted by the buzz of her vibrating phone. When Sammy pulled the sleek black device out of her pocket, Sarah was surprised to see it was a somewhat newer model, and in good condition—completely contradictory to the appearance of its master, and completely unfathomable that she could have afforded to buy it. But Sarah decided not to pry.

“Drat!” Sammy exclaimed as she read the text message that just came in. “Kaz, Margo blew another mode—I mean,” she glanced around as if she were some sort of secret agent about to divulge sensitive information, “she needs us to pick up some more stuff.”

She rose from the table quickly, Kaz in perfect sync with her movement.

“Thanks for all your help, and for the lunch, Sarah,” said Sammy as she stuffed the napkin with Sarah’s number into one of her over-sized coat pockets. “It was nice to meet you, but we’ve got to run.”

Sarah offered to give them a lift, but Sammy insisted they were quite close to where they needed to go and assured her they could get back to Mile End on their own. After a quick “Ta” from the plucky girl and small wave from Kaz, the strange pair left the café and headed swiftly down the pavement.

Sarah watched them for a moment, filled with curiosity and amusement, before rising herself, paying the bill, and making her way to the shiny BMW in a side-street car park.

She had just placed her hand on the door handle when a low, urgent voice hissed out to her.

“Mrs. Mode! Wait! I need to speak with you.

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