Chapter 40Despite her fear and anxiety Sally was relieved to hear Graves's footsteps as he returned along the tunnel. He had a light with him, a halogen powered emergency lantern, and as the beam shone in her eyes Sally blinked against the glare.
“How are you, Sally?”
“What do you care, Graves?” she retorted angrily, adrenalin fuelling a bravado at odds with her inner fears.
“Ah, poor little Sally. Let me say that I care far more than you think young lady. Hopefully it won't be long before your friends find what we're looking for and you can go home.”
“Liar,” she snapped. “You intend to kill us all, don't you, you miserable bastard?”
“As you wish, my dear,” he replied. “We really must do something to make you more comfortable, my dear Miss Corbett.”
Graves bent down to where Sally wa
