Stiff
“I bunged the Renault into a basement slot stencilled Strictly Deputy Director, hit the fourteenth floor at a jog, and slapped the envelope on Charlene’s private secretary’s desk. I was back inside the lift, standing beside an anorexic youth in orange dreadlocks and green lycra shorts, when the half-closed doors gave a shudder and parted.
‘Morning Murray,’ said Agnelli, his palm flat against the call button. ‘What’s with the face? Gone ten rounds with a cheese grater? What’s Lionel Merricks goin...g to think?’ ‘He can think what he likes. I’ve never heard of him.’ I made no attempt to leave the lift. The doors quivered, fighting to close.
‘He’s the chairman of Pacific Pastoral and we’re expected in his office in three quarters of an hour. Didn’t you get my message?’ I remembered the phone slip in my top pocket. ‘What message?’ ‘The one I’m giving you now. Meet me in the foyer of the Amalfi in half an hour. I’ll brief you then.’ ‘I thought company liaison was your job.MoreLess
‘Morning Murray,’ said Agnelli, his palm flat against the call button. ‘What’s with the face? Gone ten rounds with a cheese grater? What’s Lionel Merricks goin...g to think?’ ‘He can think what he likes. I’ve never heard of him.’ I made no attempt to leave the lift. The doors quivered, fighting to close.
‘He’s the chairman of Pacific Pastoral and we’re expected in his office in three quarters of an hour. Didn’t you get my message?’ I remembered the phone slip in my top pocket. ‘What message?’ ‘The one I’m giving you now. Meet me in the foyer of the Amalfi in half an hour. I’ll brief you then.’ ‘I thought company liaison was your job.MoreLess
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