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‘I’ to attend to me’

‘How did you get here?’

‘I drove’

She nods distractedly Herout She tilts her head back ‘How did you find me?’

‘You gave the address to your grandmother I called her’

She nods again, frowning ‘You’re not staying at your house, are you?’

‘No’

‘Are you somewhere safe?’

‘Very I’ypsies’

‘Irish gypsies?’

‘It’s a long story I’ll tell you all about it e have the time’

‘Fair enough Will you be able to drive yourself back?’

‘Tasha Stop right there I’ht here I’et rid of hiet you back to the house with a credible story’

She shakes her head ‘No need I’ve already ot my story ready’

‘You have?’ I stare at her with surprise

‘You don’t rob a bank without a getaway plan,’ she says

I smile, impressed and proud of her ‘No you don’t Tell me the plan’

‘All right First of all, I went to see Dimitri Semenov’

I whistle with admiration Dimitri Semenov Her father’sin his pants When Tasha decides to do so she doesn’t do it in halves

‘He gavePa … hi to dispose of the car and body All I have to do now is call theet them to drop me off at a minicab company in town, but now that you are here you can do it’

I frown ‘Okay, so they get rid of the body and the car What happens then?’

‘I wear a black wig You drop me off at the first minicab company we come across I then tell the taxi driver to dropto randma She throws the rope ladder over the fence I cliet into the house and pretend I’ve been in bed all night To, when the household discovers , we’ll call the police