The next morning, Fraser, Lorna and Andy Mackie had agreed that a five tonne truck would be big enough to take the smokehouse equipment. After Lorna had sorted out the financial side Mackie picked up the truck in Glasgow just after lunch time.
He would drive down to Beaconsfield Services on the M40, stay overnight, then meet up with Rob next morning and drive both of them to Basingstoke to collect the equipment from the warehouse. By late morning, he would begin the drive back up to Ardrossan then catch ferries back to Achravie.
First thing that morning, Justine drove Rob over to Beaconsfield, where she joined the two men in Mackie’s hotel for breakfast. As they sat eating, Justine’s phone rang.
“Hi Dad.”
Justine listened for a few minutes, occasionally nodding her head.
“OK that soun
