Mean Spirit
“When an elderly man in a pale blue bobble hat came out, Bobby Maiden walked over the cobbled street to intercept him.
‘Garage? Lord, no.’ The old man gathered up his bicycle from the shop wall, stowed a box of eggs in its saddlebag. ‘You want a garage, Stroud’s about your nearest.’ ‘Bloke called Justin runs this place.’ The old man laughed, began to push his bike up the street. ‘Sorry, I thought you said a garage.’ Maiden walked alongside, half-smiling.
Peaceful, golden village. Stone footbridg...e over the little rippling river. A platoon of ducks waddling up the bank. Maiden had come by taxi from Gloucester station. He felt the cool air all around him, a sense of detachment, a strange freedom. With a car, you were always somehow umbilically connected to the place where you’d parked it.
‘Justin Sharpe you’re after, is it?’ The old man swirled his lips, looked like he wanted to spit.
A set-up.
Maiden shouldered his canvas overnight bag. He’d been set up.
Putting it all together, it seemed that Andy Anderson had phoned her old friend Marcus Bacton early this morning.MoreLess
‘Garage? Lord, no.’ The old man gathered up his bicycle from the shop wall, stowed a box of eggs in its saddlebag. ‘You want a garage, Stroud’s about your nearest.’ ‘Bloke called Justin runs this place.’ The old man laughed, began to push his bike up the street. ‘Sorry, I thought you said a garage.’ Maiden walked alongside, half-smiling.
Peaceful, golden village. Stone footbridg...e over the little rippling river. A platoon of ducks waddling up the bank. Maiden had come by taxi from Gloucester station. He felt the cool air all around him, a sense of detachment, a strange freedom. With a car, you were always somehow umbilically connected to the place where you’d parked it.
‘Justin Sharpe you’re after, is it?’ The old man swirled his lips, looked like he wanted to spit.
A set-up.
Maiden shouldered his canvas overnight bag. He’d been set up.
Putting it all together, it seemed that Andy Anderson had phoned her old friend Marcus Bacton early this morning.MoreLess
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