Venus Was Her Name by Patricia Dixon

Author:Patricia Dixon [Dixon, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books

It was obvious that now the security team, or part of it, was in place, that the mood around the farm had lifted. It had been busy but feeding four extra mouths was nothing to Nanou but preparing the holiday annexe with bed linen and provisions had tired her out even with help from Edie, Ace, and Lance. The team were going to use it while they were there, providing twenty-four-hour protection on rotating shifts so would need somewhere to sleep and eat, without disturbing the family. Nanou had been in her element, rallying her troops and in the meantime Pierre had got on with rallying some of his own.

Monday morning would see the arrival of more bodies, plus a specialist company who would secure the property with night vision, motion-sensor cameras around the perimeter fences which would also be patrolled by armed guards with dogs, keeping a watchful eye on the vast swathe of farmland to the east of the house. The cliff face was deemed safe, unless Spider-Man fancied his chances scaling the sheer incline. The entrance would be guarded day and night and only those with clearance from the family would be allowed up to the house.

Four more men were en route from Paris to take over the evening shift which caused Joe to suggest they cancelled the driver who was collecting Jenny and let her rough it in the back of a black van, like the good old days. While the others laughed along, Edie heard the sarcasm in her own thoughts, oh, I bet she’d love that.

On Pierre’s advice, Ace’s birthday celebrations were cancelled merely to prevent social media breaches because if Gus and his contacts were correct, the news was about to break Stateside. The news channels and press would think nothing of sharing photos lifted from Facebook of Joe and his family and friends having a great time while women shared their painful stories with the world. Ace hadn’t objected, and even though he trusted his friends implicitly, he wasn’t naïve and knew that they might slip up or, potentially succumb to the lure of five minutes of fame. Journalists could be very persuasive.

Edie and Ace had finally managed to snatch a moment together and were on the loft balcony, watching the activity below where Kamal and Pierre were chatting to Joe and Silvestre, Ivan and Hervé already in position at the gates awaiting backup from Paris.

Ace was holding Edie close; her head lay on his shoulder so she could feel the vibration of his words as he spoke. ‘He seems less stressed now, don’t you think? I was getting worried because he lets stuff get to him and when it does he either sinks or loses his mind and neither is a pretty sight.’

Edie pulled away slightly and looked at Ace. ‘What do you mean, it’s not a pretty sight?’

‘His default setting when he can’t cope is to hit the bottle. He gets totally wasted and holes up here for days on end, or wanders around the farm like a madman, walking and walking till he drops.

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