Chapter 33Willie Harkness was upset when Ann-Marie left. The flat felt empty without her. He was used to having the waif-like creature around. She'd been undemanding and accepting of anything and everything he'd asked of her. He worried what would become of her. The streets were dangerous for a girl working on her own and unprotected. There was a vast difference between servicing punters in a warm flat with a strong man looking out for you, to meeting strangers in a dark alleyway, and what about Jackie McGeachy's gang? On the streets she was vulnerable. Anyone could see her and report back to McGeachy. Then what would happen to him? McGeachy wouldn't be pleased to learn that Willie had been hiding the girl.
As he paced the floor of his flat, all sorts of awful thoughts coursed through his
