Chapter Thirteen
A deep rumbling sound shook Damien. He thought it was the music at first, but then he saw champagne swill and bowls clatter on tables. He turned to Jay.
‘Did you hear that?’
‘No,’ Jay said. ‘But I felt it. Sound system is ace.’
Damien swallowed. ‘I think it was something else.’
‘Earthquake?’ Jay said.
Damien noticed Jensen separate from a colleague. ‘Sounded like mortars to me. Or an explosion.’
Excited murmuring spread through the crowd. People were looking at their phones.
‘What’s going on?’ Jay whispered. ‘Looks like they’re checking the information superhighway.’ He nodded at Damien, knowingly. ‘You know, the internet.’
Jensen slipped through the nervous crowd to reach them.’
He smoothed his collar. ‘Gentlemen,’ he said.
Damien resisted the urge to pull at h
