Next to that was a pretty big gym, with two treadmills, two bikes, two elliptical units, two four-station Nautilus machines, and two weight benches wi...h lots of free weights. Across the gangway was the big laundry room. That was impressive, with giant washers and dryers, as well as a commercial steam presser. There was a big office that had beautiful leather furniture and a computer system that looked state of the art. The office looked like it was ready to go to work. Nothing had been. Who hired you?”“Don’t know. He paid cash. Never seen him before. Drove up in a fancy car. Been watchin’ me. Said he could help me, iff’n I ‘elped him.”“You realize he left you high and dry? You’ll never see him again.”He shrugged as best he could. “What choice I ‘ave? If I don’t, I die on the street. If you shoot me, it ends sooner. Yet with money, I can escape this filthy city.”Em shifted her Glock, holding it in one hand as the sounds of movement came from around her. Lifting her foot, she. When we were all comfortably seated, I handed over the Suspension Notice to my parents. They read it grimly.“Fighting,” said my mum. “This is a new low even for you.”“Aren’t you even interested in my side of the story?” I asked.“Let’s hear what Kevin has to say before we rush to judgment,” said Dad.That silenced my mum for the moment.“Jaymon Solassie, who’s a sort of minder for Cayenne Proctor, Joanna Kafkasian and their circle, caught me by surprise with a sucker punch,” I said. “He was. Two days a go I got locked out, no one was at home as I came back from a Sunday football kick about. I left my keys in the house and I had to wait in front of my door. Mrs cho saw me sitting on the stoop and invited me in. At first I refused not meeting her eyes, but I relented as she was insistent on me coming in. The rest was a blur I can barely remember what we were talking about I think it was about the roadworks that was going on down the road and how it was causing problems, something.