20 THE WASHIf it hadn’t been for the beer, Tony knew that he would not have been able to sleep that night.
Ronnie had been right, he could not bring the real culprit to justice or his accomplice, Daisy, without bitterly hurting her mother, whom he judged to have suffered enough. He accepted Daisy’s story that she had not taken part in Stefan’s abduction, but he still thought that there was a hole in her story. The problem for him was what to do next, and he decided that waiting to see how things panned out was the best option.
Daisy called in to see him after breakfast.
“Have you decided what your next move will be?” she asked a little too nervously.
“Yes, Daisy”, he told her, although he hadn’t until that moment.
“What is it?”
“I’m afraid I can’t tell you that yet”. She had dropped
