Reuben glanced in the Barbiemobile’s rear-view mirror numerous times during the trip to the Bulimba Soccer Club. SC Bonazzi’s warning echoed in his mind. Surely the cops wouldn’t be following him, they had bigger fish to fry. But if they happened to see him with Frank and Bomber, they’d be asking questions – apart from the fact that he was breaching his parole. Frank’s maxim was ‘invisibility in a crowd’. In other words, meeting in a public place was less likely to draw attention to you than sneaking around undercover. Reuben wasn’t so sure, but even so, he wished he’d taken the bus. It was impossible to be invisible in a crowd on a pink motor scooter.
He’d told Carlene he was shopping for her Christmas present and so needed to go out alone. That had impressed her as Christmas was still t
