The Fire Baby
“Humph realigned the rear-view mirror so that he could see the black eye burgeon. ‘Corker,’ he said, swinging the cab out on to the main road and heading for The Crow’s offices.‘Thanks for the bodyguard service,’ said Dryden unkindly.‘If I’d known you were going to wink at a seventeen-stone HGV driver I’d have been keeping my eye out,’ said Humph, letting the smile take root.‘I think his reaction points to more unsavoury motives than effrontery, don’t you? I’d guess he had a cab full of hard por...n, or even a container full of it. That’s why he was looking for our mutual friend Johnnie Roe.’In The Crow’s front office there was a pile of Expresses for sale, the ink still wet. Dryden took one and jumped back into the cab. His story on Maggie Beck had made the splash – complete with the picture from Black Bank of Estelle and Lyndon with their mother. There was a chemist next door who advised him that he needed a cold compress for his eye.‘Brilliant,’ he said, rudely walking off.Dryden knew exactly where he could get one.MoreLess
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