Present Danger

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Aidan Murphy was woken by a loud knocking on the door. He lay still, trying to decide whether he had a hangover or was just tired. There was another, louder knock. He rolled over and looked at the clock radio. 10:31. Why didn’t his mother answer the door? The knocking turned into a hammering and someone was yelling his name.

He climbed out of bed, grabbed a T-shirt and underpants off the floor and went slowly downstairs. Two men were outside. The older one was Malone. The other he didn’t know. Heavy-set, with dark stubble and swarthy skin, he looked Spanish.

‘Boss wants to see you,’ said Malone flatly.

‘What, now?’ Aidan was confused. He was due at work at three –couldn’t it wait until then?

‘Yeah, now,’ Malone growled. The dark man said nothing.

Aidan shrugged. ‘I’ll get dressed,’ he said, and went back upstairs to his bedroom. The second man stayed by the open door while Malone stood at the foot of the stairs, positioned where he could keep an eye on the door to Aidan’s bedroom.

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