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That evening, Jack sat on his sofa, staring at the television. It was showing some sort of documentary about the history of TV game shows, but he wasn’t really watching. His mind was elsewhere.
He’d managed to talk Steve and Frank into staking out Damian’s place tonight. It was the sort of operation which would usually require special authority, but Jack wasn’t one to worry about due procedure. In any case, it didn’t have to be official. What was wrong with two blokes sitting in a car all night if they wanted to? The only worry would be that any evidence obtained might not be admissible in court, but they could worry about that later. There were ways and means.
In any case, that wasn’t the main thing on his mind right now. Emily was upstairs in her room. He imagined she’d be doing wh
