CHAPTER 31
Susie brought Pip into the room before quietly taking her leave.
“Ha!” Pip said. “I knew you’d come here. That lady wouldn’t let me in, and she wouldn’t tell me where you were. But that ain’t enough to put off an urchin the likes of me. The kind of urchin that deserves to get paid premium for his services. The kind of urchin —”
“Pip,” interrupted Rory, “if you don’t tell me the message right now, you’ll be the kind of urchin that gets my boot up his arse.”
“Ain’t very professional,” he sniffed. “An urchin the likes of me is always professional-like.”
“Well, holding back on a message ain’t professional neither, so spit it out.”
“Fine. Adelma’s looking for you. She got something proper urgent to talk to you about, and she wants you to go to her place double quick-like. And t
