Seventy Times Seven (2012)
“If it isn’t the man himself! What happened to you? You look like I feel . . . and I feel like shite.’Danny’s thin-lipped smile made his face hurt.E.I. held a finger to his lips – ‘Shh’ – then gestured Danny to take a seat opposite him at his large oak desk.O’Leary’s study had an elevated view out over the fields of his extensive farm. On the horizon a large, green Massey Ferguson tractor was pulling a tanker behind it, spreading slurry.Danny moved awkwardly to the edge of the desk, but stayed s...tanding. He was still in a lot of pain.E.I. scribbled a note on a piece of scrap paper and pushed it across the worn leather surface of the desk. Danny adjusted his glasses and picked up the note. ‘Were you followed?’ He shrugged and raised his eyebrows as if to say ‘Who knows?’E.I. pulled the scrap of paper back with his big farmer hands and scribbled again.‘Tape on, then follow me.’ Danny nodded: it had been a long time since he’d visited the old farmhouse, but he still remembered the routine.E.I.MoreLess
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