Last Rights
“Thinking about Amber, or Sister Teresa as she was, as well as mentally preparing myself for another raid, I hadn’t slept well so I’d been up since before dawn. As had, apparently, Blatt and the bloke driving the car for him. I had to pull my braces up pretty sharpish when I saw the solicitor walk towards the shop door.
‘Your telephone’s been out so I came as soon as I could,’ he said, as I let him in.
‘What’s the matter, Mr Blatt?’ He looked agitated. ‘I can take Velma in tomorrow after...noon between three and four,’ he said. ‘That’s the only time the prison authorities will give me. Can you bring her or shall I take her now and keep her overnight? I can’t be late – I’ve appointments all this morning.’ I turned away to look in my own appointment book. Doris, as usual, had been very efficient. I had that poor little baby, William from Plashet Grove, later on that day, but there was nothing for the following morning or afternoon.MoreLess
‘Your telephone’s been out so I came as soon as I could,’ he said, as I let him in.
‘What’s the matter, Mr Blatt?’ He looked agitated. ‘I can take Velma in tomorrow after...noon between three and four,’ he said. ‘That’s the only time the prison authorities will give me. Can you bring her or shall I take her now and keep her overnight? I can’t be late – I’ve appointments all this morning.’ I turned away to look in my own appointment book. Doris, as usual, had been very efficient. I had that poor little baby, William from Plashet Grove, later on that day, but there was nothing for the following morning or afternoon.MoreLess
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