He sighed. And if Starata got away with it, and if Starata discovered that he, Leon, had been playing with Callaghan, it wouldn't be so good. On the other hand, it wouldn't be so good if he continued to play along with Starata and had Callaghan on his tail.
He stood looking out of the window with unseeing eyes. After a while he took a half-crown from his pocket. He spun it. While the coin was in the air, he said: 'Heads it's that bastard... tails it's Nicky.'
It came down heads.
So it was to be Callaghan. Leon heaved a sigh of relief. Now that fate, in the shape of a spun coin, had decided the matter, he realised that he felt considerably safer in being on Callaghan's side. In any event, Nicky was washed up. He'd had a good run and it was time that someone caught up with him.
He sighed
