Chapter 92

SCORNFUL

She pulled on his sleeve like a small child trying to get her mother to buy her a toy.As her loud voice filled the office, it caught the attention of Brian, who noticed them for the first time since they arrived.

Brian looked at them, his face impassive.He knew precisely why they were there. They were spending the money he had given Brenda the day before.It annoyed him that she had given away the money so quickly, especially to someone naive enough to blow it on a fast car.

He forced a smile and walked over to them. “Hello Thomas”, he said, nodding at each of them.

“Why are you here? “Emma, serve this man again, please”, said Hector to the young saleswoman who had been talking to Brian when Thomas had arrived.

She was new and inexperienced and in his eyes, the most appropriate colleague to deal with the scruffy man trying to talk to his new clients.

“No, it's OK”, said Thomas, waving his hand dismissively at Brian.

“He's my Brother-in-law,” Hector was surprised. He wasn't the