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It irritated her that all of Jack’s plans hinged on seeing the back of her

“That’s great I’ain, but could you do your thinking somewhere else?”

“Sure,” he said

Davina was more suspicious than relieved That ay too easy He stood up, folded his deckchair and stepped towards the shed

“Oh, just so you know” His voice was heavy with false innocence “I’ht block the driveway for a while”

“How long is a while?” She could feel her blood pressure spike

“Oh, you know Until I clear up the ood idea to tell all those people who hang out here every day to park at the gate and walk up the driveway Otherwise they could be trapped at the house That’s not going to be a problem, is it?”

He was doing this on purpose It was clear that he took a sick delight in screith her life

“It won’t be a problem” What else was she supposed to say?

“Great” He walked past the shed with the deckchair under his arm

“I thought you were putting that away?” She pointed at the deckchair

“You askedelse, you need to be clear”

He sauntered over to the old oak tree and set up the chair under its boughs He grinned as he poured himself another cup of coffee from his flask

“Isn’t there so ahile I pay rent?” she called over to him

“Probably,” he said as he put his feet on the old tree stuht beside the bit about tenants not doing anything illegal with your property You know like running a business without a licence, or” He cast around for another exaoods”