Safe Haven

by L E Fitzpatrick

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  They were shown to their table. Frank's mood had lightened. His face was animated and handsome again. He poured them both wine while they waited for their meal.

  "To the greatest ten years imaginable," he said.

  "And many more to look forward to." Isobel looked out at the parked car on the other side of the road. She recognised the red haired man in the driver's seat. He looked terrified and she couldn't understand why.

  From the car across the street, Frank's man, Donnie sat staring at the couple in the restaurant, sitting at the table he had planted his bomb under. He couldn't understand why Frank would instruct him to put a bomb under his own table. Then he realised - it was a set up. He leapt out of the car. Ran across the road. He grabbed the door handle to the restaurant just as the building exploded.