The CurseThree weeks into the restoration, Mario phoned to ask me to swing by the builders supplies yard, on the pretext that another delivery was short on the load. I discovered the truth when I arrived on site with more bags of lime.
Seeing my car pull up, he hurried over and told me through my open window before I even had a chance to turn off the engine and pop the boot, that there was trouble amongst the men. One of the stone masons, Cliff, had left his tool belt hidden in a section of wall the previous night, only visible from up high on the scaffolding. When he turned up for work that morning he found his tool belt on the ground, leaning against the partition wall as though propped there on purpose.
With the ignition keys in one hand and my bag in the other, I studied Mario's face
