The Lazarus Vault
“Ellie slipped out across a no man’s land of cigarette butts and rubbish bins, down an alley and into freedom. No one saw her. She found Doug parked down a sidestreet where she’d left him.
He looked at her dishevelled hair, the dust-streaks and the blood where the paper had cut her. ‘What happened to you? I was about to call the police I was so worried.’ Ellie slumped down in the passenger seat so that only the top of her head showed. ‘Just drive. I’ll tell you later.’ ‘Did you get what you ...wanted?’ ‘Let’s find a phone box. Somewhere out of the way.’ Directory enquiries gave her the number she wanted and put her straight through. ‘Mr Lechowski, please. It’s Ellie Stanton.’ She supposed he could have been anywhere, but luck – if you could call it that – was on her side. Lechowski came on the line.
‘Ellie – this is an unexpected surprise. I thought perhaps you forgot me.’ She shuddered; she almost slammed the phone back in its cradle.MoreLess
He looked at her dishevelled hair, the dust-streaks and the blood where the paper had cut her. ‘What happened to you? I was about to call the police I was so worried.’ Ellie slumped down in the passenger seat so that only the top of her head showed. ‘Just drive. I’ll tell you later.’ ‘Did you get what you ...wanted?’ ‘Let’s find a phone box. Somewhere out of the way.’ Directory enquiries gave her the number she wanted and put her straight through. ‘Mr Lechowski, please. It’s Ellie Stanton.’ She supposed he could have been anywhere, but luck – if you could call it that – was on her side. Lechowski came on the line.
‘Ellie – this is an unexpected surprise. I thought perhaps you forgot me.’ She shuddered; she almost slammed the phone back in its cradle.MoreLess
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