Despite the setting of the sun the heat in the city remained oppressive, as Anton began to walk through the darkened streets. Not even a hint of a breeze presented itself, and the leaves on the trees that lined the edges of the park across the road hung limp and unmoving. He kept his movements slow and energy-conserving.
He knew exactly where he was headed; he"d already spent long enough there that afternoon. Leaving the main boulevards and thoroughfares behind, he kept to the side streets and alleyways of the city he knew so well as he headed for the anonymous café-bar, where he"d encountered his over-talkative brother-in-law earlier.
He checked his watch and realised that he was a little behind his schedule for the evening. As he increased his pace and began moving swiftly through the
