‘Here you go,’ Cuckoo said, passing the weapons to Skinner while remaining crouched. ‘I think we should stay put for the moment though.’
‘Okay mon ami… But if it’s Sayer f*****g around I’m gonna shoot the motherfucker.’
The panel indicted another breach in the electronic security cordon, but this time the alarm indicated an intrusion via the first floor patio doors; almost immediately a third alarm was activated, and both men grimaced.
‘I’ll go and have a look. You stay here and lock the door behind me,’ Skinner said, moving towards the exit.
‘Okay, but be careful.’
Apprehensively, Cuckoo sat down. As he did so he spotted a just discernible movement clouding one of the CCTV cameras on the upper floor stairwell. Then the surveillance screens blacked out all at once.
*****
Ricard hear
