I started at the place where I’ve always believed it best to start; at the beginning. Despite that belief, my beginning was a long way into this story from Winston’s point of view. I began by telling Liam the story where I first heard Samantha’s life was in danger.
“I overheard Gerald Neil say ‘get rid of her, Bottomly’, or words to that effect. At first, I didn’t believe he meant it in a fatal sense. I wasn’t sure what I thought, but I do know it wasn’t that. I know how strange, let alone unreal, that must sound, having heard what happened on that drive at the shoot. When I believed Gerald’s story of how much money Bots owed, it wasn’t hard to form a picture of what must have gone on in his mind. That’s only if he thought he had no other way to repay the debt, but he hadn’t asked me as G
