CHAPTER 15
Noel locked the front door and led Benny to a beat-up old Mazda parked on side of the road a few doors down. He got in, reached over and unlocked the passenger door. Benny slid into the seat and Noel leaned over, the rag in his hand. 'Turn your head, I'm going to blindfold you.'
'Why?' Benny said. But as soon as he’d spoken, the rag was over his eyes and tied at the back. It smelt of grease and stale body odour.
'I don't want you knowing where this place is. And give me your mobile phone.'
Benny reached into his pocket and gave Noel his mobile phone. 'What are you doing with it?’
'For a smart guy you ask a lot of questions.'
Smart guy. Was he serious? He knew that people often said the exact opposite of what they meant, so maybe Noel was really saying he was dumb.
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