Masters & Lovers Box Set Three

Chapter 16

After Finchby and Yakovlevski leave, Bech still wears that ‘just sucked a lemon’ expression.

“Something to say, Bech?”

He scowls and looks down. “No, sir.”

“Good. Remember who's in charge here. And who's already made you a rich man.”

“Yes, sir.”

I turn to the girl where she cowers at my feet. “Tell her she can write a letter. Make sure her family know it’s her.” Luuk translates.

“Thank you, sir.” She launches herself at me, wrapping her arms around my ankles, weeping incessantly. “Thank you.”

Bech lashes out with a foot. “Get back, you little bitch!”

Disentangling myself from her grasp, I stoop, looking her in the face. “Remember, they have to pay for you. And they have to outbid the others. I’m a businessman, not a charity.”

“They will, sir. They will,” says Luuk.

*****

 

James

Sleep escapes me. My green-eyed Love lying next to me, my friend beyond her, I toss and turn in the dark, my mind churning.

Georgie…

Family matters…

Michael was right to pull me away that day. He enjoys a drink as much as anyone but doesn’t normally overdo it.

When did I last see him drunk?

?

When he believed he was losing Charlotte…

… to me…

He’s right, partially at least. It helps blot out the worst for a few hours. And he went there with me. Stayed with me.

it’s only sticking-plaster over

a

give up on sleep and moving as quietly as I can, pull on some clothes and head for the kitchen. Then, coffee in hand, I

of care, We have no

The long slide of grassy slopes down

Soul food…

inside, I am unquiet.

the world bathed in the grey light of the predawn, but Venus, hanging low, heralds the dawn and

steam, warming my fingers on the mug, I wait and I watch as the rim of the

Pull yourself together man…

the low mist writhing

not seen her for

you’d never

seeps into the clouds, a

You have everything…

Everything else…

“Master?”

twisting my lips to

a

So I’m just

“Would you like company?”

Come and join me. But put some

*****

And of course, I know what she wants

Anyone else around?

We have a few moments of

“Yes, Kirstie?”

“James, about….”

appears from the back office with a

I was just chatting

There’s a couple more confirmations to come in,

them in the daybook

Alexanders.” Then she

watches her ‘til the door closes behind her then, “She’s um… she’s got a bit of a thing for

God save me…

Tell

around her mouth and eyes. “Not a joke. She’s awfully

lowering my voice. “I hate to break this to you, but she’s

chuckles, then turns serious

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