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time?”
“ Yeah, well enough to give me a scare.” Coffey was modest sort.
“ But your car, it's beautiful, how did that happen?” Jill was putting a brave face on her recent grief by taking great interest in others.
“ Well, to be honest I don't know. It looks like the brake line had a major leak and I lost a lot of fluid whilst parked up at Kennedy.”
“ Jesus, you were lucky then? Sounds a bit suspicious, you haven’t been annoying anyone have you?” Jill laughed but Rogers face brought her to a curious silence.
“ What? You don't think...”
“ I don't know. I have a suspicion, no, a feeling that something isn't right at work. The mission was hell. Nothing I want to talk about but...” Roger tailed off, he was thinking that he had better quit whilst he was ahead.
“ Oh no, Roger. I know that face, I know you too well. You're not the one for exaggeration. Are you in trouble?” Jill was clearly concerned and she placed her hand upon his. He took her cold, bony fingers and warmed them in his hot palm.
“ You know, I just can't believe Paul would have gone without some kind of message, some kind of firm reason for giving up. You know him, it's totally out of character.”
Jill nodded and pursed her lips. She swept back the long straight, mousey coloured hair from her face and stared into the distance.
“ You know I never considered that it could have been anything else. Why would anyone want to hurt Pauly?”
Roger was still remembering Janus' words in the lounge, the sinister warning and the consequences of disobeying the directive of silence.
“ Jill. I believe there may be some kind of conspiracy. I think Paul may have been involved somehow.”
Jill's face dropped and her mouth gaped open.
“ You know Paul has never broke the law in his entire life, there's no reason why anyone would want to hurt him.” Jill said defensively.
“ No, I know that. That's exactly the reason why I think that someone wanted to keep him quiet. Paul was the most straight up guy I ever met.”
There was a quiet moment of reflection as they both thought hard about the theory.
“ And you think that your car was tampered with?” She asked playing devil's advocate.
“ I think it's a major possibility.”
Jill reeled at the thought of losing Roger as well.
“ Oh my God.” She uttered slowly, whispering.
“ So what's the connection?” Jill asked wisely, if there was a conspiracy then there would be a common theme. Roger must know something that could be dangerous to someone in a position of power.
“ I have a vague idea. Nothing I want to talk about though. I don't want to put you in any danger.”
“ What Roger, tell me. Something to do with work?” Jill was insistent.
“ Let's just say it maybe something to do with the recent mission. I don't know what Paul signed up for but it was obviously something he didn’t agree with. Look...we should not talk about this anymore, at least until I figure out something more tangible. Just to be safe, give me a call every day, check no one is following you, keep an eye out for anything suspicious.”
“ My God, do you realise what you're saying? If they have tried to kill you then they may try again!”
“ Maybe, but at least I’ll know that it's coming this time. I'll be careful.”
Jill squeezed Roger's hand tightly. She could not bear losing him as well.
“ I should go. Christ it's almost time to get up! It's like, nearly 5AM. I'd better go before your neighbours get up or there will be rumours.”
“ Yeah, you're telling me. Next door would have a heart attack seeing you leave this late only a few days after...”
“ I know.”
Roger collected his soft leather jacket and went to leave. Jill stopped him and clung to him tightly.
“ Please be careful. Let me know if you find out anything.” Roger nodded and walked
“ Yeah, well enough to give me a scare.” Coffey was modest sort.
“ But your car, it's beautiful, how did that happen?” Jill was putting a brave face on her recent grief by taking great interest in others.
“ Well, to be honest I don't know. It looks like the brake line had a major leak and I lost a lot of fluid whilst parked up at Kennedy.”
“ Jesus, you were lucky then? Sounds a bit suspicious, you haven’t been annoying anyone have you?” Jill laughed but Rogers face brought her to a curious silence.
“ What? You don't think...”
“ I don't know. I have a suspicion, no, a feeling that something isn't right at work. The mission was hell. Nothing I want to talk about but...” Roger tailed off, he was thinking that he had better quit whilst he was ahead.
“ Oh no, Roger. I know that face, I know you too well. You're not the one for exaggeration. Are you in trouble?” Jill was clearly concerned and she placed her hand upon his. He took her cold, bony fingers and warmed them in his hot palm.
“ You know, I just can't believe Paul would have gone without some kind of message, some kind of firm reason for giving up. You know him, it's totally out of character.”
Jill nodded and pursed her lips. She swept back the long straight, mousey coloured hair from her face and stared into the distance.
“ You know I never considered that it could have been anything else. Why would anyone want to hurt Pauly?”
Roger was still remembering Janus' words in the lounge, the sinister warning and the consequences of disobeying the directive of silence.
“ Jill. I believe there may be some kind of conspiracy. I think Paul may have been involved somehow.”
Jill's face dropped and her mouth gaped open.
“ You know Paul has never broke the law in his entire life, there's no reason why anyone would want to hurt him.” Jill said defensively.
“ No, I know that. That's exactly the reason why I think that someone wanted to keep him quiet. Paul was the most straight up guy I ever met.”
There was a quiet moment of reflection as they both thought hard about the theory.
“ And you think that your car was tampered with?” She asked playing devil's advocate.
“ I think it's a major possibility.”
Jill reeled at the thought of losing Roger as well.
“ Oh my God.” She uttered slowly, whispering.
“ So what's the connection?” Jill asked wisely, if there was a conspiracy then there would be a common theme. Roger must know something that could be dangerous to someone in a position of power.
“ I have a vague idea. Nothing I want to talk about though. I don't want to put you in any danger.”
“ What Roger, tell me. Something to do with work?” Jill was insistent.
“ Let's just say it maybe something to do with the recent mission. I don't know what Paul signed up for but it was obviously something he didn’t agree with. Look...we should not talk about this anymore, at least until I figure out something more tangible. Just to be safe, give me a call every day, check no one is following you, keep an eye out for anything suspicious.”
“ My God, do you realise what you're saying? If they have tried to kill you then they may try again!”
“ Maybe, but at least I’ll know that it's coming this time. I'll be careful.”
Jill squeezed Roger's hand tightly. She could not bear losing him as well.
“ I should go. Christ it's almost time to get up! It's like, nearly 5AM. I'd better go before your neighbours get up or there will be rumours.”
“ Yeah, you're telling me. Next door would have a heart attack seeing you leave this late only a few days after...”
“ I know.”
Roger collected his soft leather jacket and went to leave. Jill stopped him and clung to him tightly.
“ Please be careful. Let me know if you find out anything.” Roger nodded and walked
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