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Chapter 856
The bottle broke over Preston's head.He went down on the white carpet of the Imperial Hall in a rain of glass, and the fat man came down after him, slowly, the way a man gets into a warm bath."You kicked me," he said. "In front of my friends."He kicked Preston in the stomach. Then again, and again, until Preston curled up round his plaster arm and could not breathe.Then the fat man put his foot on the plaster and leaned his whole weight on it. Preston screamed louder than Tyler had."Come and find me, you said." The fat man was laughing now, out of breath. "Well, I found you."Nobody stopped him. Kessler watched from the white sofa as if it were a show on television. The boys looked at the floor. Alex looked at Preston, and said nothing.When the fat man had hit Preston as much as he liked, he wiped his hands on his trousers and turned round.Preston's girl in red was pressed against the wall with both hands over her mouth."And you," said the fat man. "You slapped me."He took he
Chapter 855
The hand never came down.Alex had the man by the arm, an inch from Nora's cheek.He had not gone home. He had waited at the top of the stairs for Nora, and when the first scream came, he ran.The man in the black shirt pulled."You'd better let go of this woman," said Alex. "She is not the one who has a problem with you."He nodded at the floor, at Preston curled round his plaster arm and Tyler lying in the cognac. "The people you want are there."Nora let out the breath she had been holding.Another black shirt stepped over Preston with his fist already up, straight for the back of Alex's head."Wait," said Bruce from the doorway.He had not raised his voice. He did not need to. The fist stopped in the air.The giant looked at Alex for a long moment, and at the arm Alex was holding, and at his own man, who could not pull it free."Leave the man and the woman," said Bruce. "We still have a job to do."Alex let go. The black shirt rubbed his arm, stepped back, and did not look at him
Chapter 854
Tyler hit him. The cracked glasses flew off and bounced across the carpet.Tyler hit him again, and the old man fell against the gold sofa with both hands over his face."Please," he said. "I'm only looking for my daughter."The room laughed. Chloe had her phone up again."Twice in one night!" she said. "Tyler, you're a legend."Tyler pulled back his fist a third time.A hand closed round his wrist.Nobody had seen Alex get up. He held Tyler's fist in the air as easily as if it were a cup of tea."Enough," said Alex.Tyler pulled. The hand did not move. He pulled harder, until his face went red, and still it did not move."Let go of me, kennel boy.""He's an old man. He's said sorry to you twice. That's enough."For one second, nobody in the room laughed. Then Alex opened his hand.Tyler stumbled backwards into the table, and a bottle of twenty-thousand-dollar cognac went over and glugged out onto the carpet."Somebody else is paying for that too," said Alex.He knelt, found the glass
Chapter 853
Tyler unclipped his seatbelt and got out of the car.He walked straight to the grey car and pulled its driver's door open so hard the hinge screamed.The driver was a thin old man in a cardigan, his glasses knocked crooked. His wife sat beside him, holding her neck."I'm sorry," the man said. "I'm so sorry, I was looking for my daughter's place, I didn't see behind me—""You didn't see me?" Tyler took him by the cardigan and dragged him out onto the road. "You crawl out in front of me like a snail, and you didn't see?""Please, young man, it was an accident—"Tyler hit him in the face. The man's glasses went skidding across the tarmac.He fell against his own car, and Tyler hit him again, and again, until he sat down in the broken glass with blood running out of his nose."Stop it!" the woman screamed through the window. "He's sick! Stop it!"All along the road, the party had got out of their cars to watch. Nobody moved to help."Tyler!" Chloe called, with her own phone held up. "Peop
Chapter 852
The next evening, at six o'clock, Alex was in the east room of the Tiffany house when Serena rang from Halcyon."I'm stuck here until midnight," Serena said. Behind her voice, glass clinked and somebody was shouting about labels."The new bottles came in wrong. Every single one. Alex, I need you to do something for me.""Anything.""It's Patricia's birthday tonight. She's taken Nora with her." Serena dropped her voice."Patricia has been hanging on Nora's arm since the day she landed. A Hale from the capital looks very good in a photograph. And Patricia's friends are sharks. Go with Nora. Look after her.""Does Patricia know I'm coming?""She will when you get there." A pause. "Be nice.""I'm always nice.""That's what worries me," said Serena, and hung up.Then the phone buzzed again."Alex? One more thing." Her voice was softer. "Thank you. I've never had anybody I could just ask before.""You have now," said Alex.The coffee house on the harbour front was the expensive one, with li
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"Marissa," Gideon called. “Our safety…”"I'm warning you, Gideon." She marched across the room and pointed one finger at his nose."If you make that boy give this house back, I will divorce you. I mean it. I'll pack my bags tonight. And you can go and live under the stairs with your box of books."Gideon opened his mouth.He looked at his wife's finger. He looked at the little reading room, and then at the holes in the floor, and he could not tell which one frightened him more.He closed his mouth again, and went and sat down on the nearest sheeted chair, very slowly, like a man whose legs had stopped working.Marissa turned to Alex.The sour look melted off her face like butter off hot toast. She came across the room with both hands held out, took Alex's hands, and squeezed."You're a good son-in-law," she said warmly. "Didn't I always say so? A good son-in-law after all.""You said I was good for nothing," said Alex. "About an hour ago.""Did I? I don't remember that." She patted hi
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