“Cheers!”
Julia immediately propelled the tray forwards into his face with all the force she could muster. That was more than he could ignore, and he staggered backwards against the sink with a confused groan and slumped to the ground.
At that moment, Alex rushed into the room carrying a large stick. Christine had had her ear to the floor-boards for some time, and alerted him, as well as her contact at the police station in Stavely. Of course, Alex always knew exactly where there was a big stick to be had. It seemed that he also knew exactly what to do with it. He went for the young man’s legs. A few hefty blows, and the danger was immobilised; several more to the arms and it was neutralised. Pietr could not have immediately picked the fork, or any other item of cutlery up now. In any ca
