’ ‘Thanks, that makes me so happy,’ Buck said and his phone went. ‘I’ll inspect the house,’ Gloria said and left. She arrived back in the ...allway just as Buck was entering with some of her gear. He stopped and said, ‘That was a close call.’ ‘Oh was something not going to plan?’ He stroked her cheek and she stayed still, rather liking it, accepting it was a very intimate touch. ‘Bad news initially,’ he frowned. ‘ The caller was Jessie Lime who’s acting as my campaign legal consultant. Earlier. Mystomach was starting to turn and knot up. Nick wasobviously not having a good day, normally he was roughwith me, on bad days like this I was a fair game ventto his anger. He scared me when he was having a badday. “I can’t stay real long tonight, fuck face, my wife hassome social event she insists I intend” Nicks wife knewabout me, and if there were other girls, that was aquestion I dared not ask, she knew about them too. Aslong as Nick kept her in the lifestyle she. I glanced at the car and then walked to the front door with a shrug. As I spoke to the middle-aged woman who opened it I found myself searching her face for a trace of the dark-haired girl who’d given me the finger. There was something about the eyes I thought, and the lips, full and ripe. “and if you could give the back windows a going over I’d be grateful. The last chap forgot I’m afraid.” I nodded. The last chap indeed! I stomped round the house and set up my gear. “come on Si” I muttered. Met de trein dus naar Spanje. Maar Tony had z'n plan al klaar voordat hij vertrok uit Nederland. De vadsige, naar zweet stinkende, trucker bekijkt hem verlekkerd van top tot teen als Tony ingestapt is en naast hem op de bijrijdersbank plaats heeft genomen. De jongen glimlacht zenuwachtig naar de zwaar behaarde kerel achter 't stuur en steekt zijn hand uit. "Hi, ik ben Tony", zegt hij bedeesd. Een grote, vuile hand neemt de zijne vast en knijpt er stevig in. "Ich bin Karl", zegt de.