Across the other side of the king size bed was a full length mirror, and Lee turned to appraise himself in it briefly. His cheeks were flushed with the anticipation of his purpose. He wouldn’t have admitted it to anyone, but the prospect of meeting up with Billy again was perhaps the biggest thrill. The guy was incredible; a visionary, Lee thought. He saw things as they were and he had the ideas to put them right. Lee had never met anyone like him. At first, the solutions that Billy suggested had left Lee feeling unnerved. It was dramatic and dangerous, and he had needed to be convinced that this was the right way. Kay often told him that he was easily led, but it had taken Billy and some of the others a long time to eventually persuade him that this was right. Oh no, he hadn’t just given

