CHAPTER 29
His mobile phone rang as he was unlocking the front door. By the time he got inside and fished it out of his pocket, it had gone to MessageBank. The message was from Carlene.
‘I won’t be home till about six-thirty – there’s a Red Cross function on at the Bowls Club and I have to help out with a few last minute things. Sharon was supposed to do it but she’s gone home sick and I can’t leave Barry in the lurch. I’ll be as quick as I can.’
Reuben sank onto the couch. Six-thirty was too late – he had to be at Lucy’s by six. Why did Sharon have to go home sick, tonight of all nights? Who gets sick on New Year’s Eve anyway?
It was three forty-five now. He had less than two hours to find another car. Could he steal one? In prison, Revhead had instructed him on how to break into a ca
