Chapter Nine
Tuesday 27th April 2010
08:37
David’s facecreased up with worry and he slammed the receiver down onto itscradle. He turned to Robert.
“That was Christopher…”
“Christopher?” Robert asked, not making any connections withthe name.
“Alice’s boyfriend. She’s just been kidnapped.”
Robert, whohad chosen the wrong moment to take a swig of coffee, spat out thecontents of his mouth onto the floor. David looked at it with milddistaste for a second before remembering that there were moreimportant things to contend with.
“What?” Robert asked.
David turnedand strode towards his office. “Get Belinda on the phone. I wanther in here as soon as possible. And Robert…”
“Yeah?”
“Mop the floor up when you get off the phone…”
Robert nodded.“Was it the Brethren?”
David turnedat his door
