Chapter FourJennifer Mac Manus woke up that Sunday morning, a few hours after Antrim County had been stunned by the double homicide at the Merchant Hotel. She was puffing on her Yachtsman cigarette, preparing herself for the task at hand. She had been held captive for nine days, and though there was a nationwide search in progress she had not seen a sign of rescuers in the vicinity. She was being held in a farmhouse in Portmuck outside Larne, and her abductors left only to pick up supplies or exchange messages in town. They would not even use their cell phones out here in fear of being traced.
The ennui had resulted in them lightening up on her. Baxter Cody brought her newspapers and magazines, though she noticed they had cut out articles on the k********g which often resulted in the firs
