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“I’m surprised you want to see me,” he said, forlornly.
Embarrassed by Da
“Why are you here Da
“How do you know about that?” Da
“I overheard your conversation with Bob.”
Da
“I stole it from Waterstone’s,” Da
“Ryan really disappointed me when he accepted McLeod’s proposition. My own corruption was bad enough, but his fall was like the end of all hope. It was as if everything me and him had discussed over that past twelve months meant nothing. After he let me down like that, I didn’t want to be near human beings ever again.”
“But you let him down first Da
“I’m not saying you’re wrong, but, because of my upbringing, it isn’t easy for me to think like that.”
“What’s that toe-rag up to these days anyway?”
“Bob? He’s avoiding Rex McLeod full-time, odd jobbing his way round the world and restricting himself to remote places. The last I heard, he was supposed to be working at a fish ca
“Why?”
“Why? Well, mainly, because if anything terrible happens to Bob then it’ll be all my fault, for making McLeod aware that he’d been sharing trade secrets with me.”
“But if McLeod does catch up with Bob, then you’ll at least have achieved some justice for that poor girl Carina…what’s her name?”
“Curran.”
“Yes.”
“Well, first of all, I’ve learnt that there isn’t any justice and, secondly, if it was wrong of Bob to have inflicted violence upon Carina, then it would be no less wrong for Rex McLeod or anybody else to inflict violence upon Bob. An act of barbarism shouldn’t suddenly become palatable simply because it’s supported by a moral argument. I’m not having a pop at you Judith, but frankly, there’s nothing more sinister than a sadist in search of legitimisation. As far as I’m concerned, you either enjoy violence or you don’t.”
Judith stood in silence, wracking her brains for a counter argument. But at heart she felt Da
“So, apart from festering in this hole, what else have you been up to these past ten months? What’s happened to the college for God’s sake?”
As Da
It transpired that he’d never returned north, being unable to set foot in a house financed by heroin. However, he had spent his final fifty grand employing qualified teachers to get the kids through their diplomas. But, according to Katy — who visited him regularly at the hostel — it had been a miserable place thereon. The new employees did only as much as they were paid for and eschewed the students when outside the classroom. The big communal di
With all the joy removed, only six of the original twelve Glaswegians had completed their second year. Thanks to the foundations laid by Da
Once the place had been deserted — around mid-May — Da
Carrying the remaining money in a holdall, Da
The man had invited Da