by Colin Forbes
The explosive bullet removed his whole jaw. Synchronized, two rifle bullets hit him in the chest. Tweed never forgot the macabre scene. In slumping down across the chessboard, Lance's right hand fell on the bisected waist of the Queen.
Paula jerked her head towards the closed red velvet curtains. Window panes smashed. Harry reached in to turn the handle, rifle tucked under his arm, entering the library followed by Marler gripping the Armalite which had fired the explosive bullet.
'I thought it best to take precautions,' Tweed remarked.
'You might have told me,' she protested.
'Then you might not have acted naturally.'
Police sirens howled in the distance. Coming closer to the town from the south.
'That's reinforcements to wipe all the blood from the caves,' Marler said. 'An advance unit arrived earlier. Buchanan is coming himself.'
'I can see him in London,' Tweed said, taking Paula by the arm. 'We'll have a quick snack dinner at the hotel. Set your alarm clock for 6 a.m. I want to be back before dusk.'
Epilogue
The following evening they were about to turn into Park Crescent. It was a brilliant sunny end to a day when the weather had been perfect all the way south. Paula was gazing at everything.
'You know,' she said to Tweed, 'it's a wonderful experience to visit the countryside. All those vast areas of greenery and forests. I would one day like to go back but I'm so glad to get home.'
'I agree,' responded Tweed. 'It's familiar surround ings so you feel at home here. Despite the rush and the bustle. All the variety of a great city.'
He turned into Park Crescent, stopped the Audi close to the kerb below the entrance to their head quarters. She was looking at him.
'What is it?' he asked.
'You are about to court-martial me for direct disobedience, for jumping into the back of this car just before all the fireworks up at Gunners Gorge. Am I right?'
'Yes, you are. I'm about to pronounce sentence.' 'Which is?' she enquired, nervously plucking at her skirt.
'A long leisurely evening, with dinner at the Ritz.'
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