Having made sure they had gone, Brodie returned to the kitchen and closed the door. He looked at the blood stained kitchen floor and table and then at Manuel.
“You OK, Manuel?”
“Manuel! What has happened, are you all right?” Consuela asked him worriedly as she crossed the kitchen and hugged her husband
“Si, yes, yes. I’m OK,” Manuel sighed, obviously badly shaken by the scenario that had just unfolded.
“Si,He looked across to Brodie, an expression of concern on his face, “Thank you Alan, what you did…”
“Was nothing.”
“But I think maybe you have made enemies tonight.”
“Nah, they won’t come back,” he lied.
Brodie saw Manuel look across at Malik and frown.
“Manuel, this is Anita Malik, she will be working with me in the bar from tomorrow, ….if she still wants to after tonight”
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