“So, they wanted money?” said Shannon.
“Yes, I didn’t have three thousand but I could get about two thousand from the bank and about six hundred from my post office savings. The boss said he’d drive me to the bank to get the money but he’d have to leave his men at the house in case they had to strip the roof if I didn’t pay. He said it was my fault for getting them to do the work when I didn’t have the cash.”
“So you went....”
“I was so afraid. They were brutes you know. He said I was lucky they weren’t already doing things. He drove me to the bank and the post office and waited while I got all the money. He said if I told anyone he’d have to phone his men and they’d have to wreck the roof and search the house for things that could pay for their work.”
“So you paid him?”
“When I got b
