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‘Well it make sense to me,’ he says, as Darryl and I exchange glances. ‘You’ve got the connections, Darryl. It’d be stupid not to use them.’
Darryl shifts uncomfortably in his seat. ‘Yeah, I don’t think you quite get it, mate. This is my job. I rely on it to keep a roof over my head. How do you suppose I’m going to do that when they find out I’ve been abusing my position?’
‘Simple,’ Kieran says. ‘You make sure they don’t find out.’
Darryl makes to laugh. ‘It’s not quite as easy as that.’
‘And what’s the alternative? You can see what it’s doing to Alice. Well, you probably can’t, but I can. I know her. She needs your help.’
I’m not sure I’m keen on the way Kieran is talking about me as if I’m not in the room. ‘Listen, don’t worry about it. I’m sure we can sort something out. I don’
