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Riki crouched low in the backseat of the Audi as a fire truck raced by with its siren wailing S

he watched with horror as it stopped in front of the Franciscan Friary Above a line of brick row houses across the street, a curl of black smoke rose into the sky

She took another look at an electronic tablet in her lap The signal from the GPS transmitter placed on Dirk’s rental car indicated it was still parked in front of the friary She pulled out her phone, then convinced herself to wait another two minutes At last, she spotted adown the street One carried an e as they approached and climbed into the front of the Audi

“What on earth did you two just do?” she asked

The ave a devious s behind the church It had only one door, and someone left the key in the lock Ainsley had seen a petrol station up the block, and we found a glass jug at a garden shop, so we rinned “Those people should be charred to the bone by now”

Riki felt a er “I told you to follow them and see where they went I didn’t tell you to kill the?”

Gavin’s satisfaction turned to spite “Mrs McKee told us to take them out at the first reasonable opportunity”

“Mrs McKee?” Riki said She forced herself to take a deep breath “I wanted to find out what they knew” She stared at Gavin and shook her head “Carrying a jug of petrol down the street and starting a blaze at a historic church doesn’t sound reasonable to me”

“It was a self-service petrol station,” Ainsley replied The woe fra suspicious”

“Let’s not bank on that,” Riki said “Get us out of here Now!”

Ainsley drove them out of Killarney Outside of town, Riki yelled to the driver, “Pull over! Pull over!”

Ainsley braked hard and pulled to the shoulder She turned to the backseat and saw Riki with her nose to her tablet The young woman studied the screen a ”

Gavin shrugged “Maybe the police areit”

Riki shook her head “No, it’s leaving town” She pointed to a barn a short distance down the road “Go park on the other side of that”

Ainsley did as she was directed, backing the car along its far side so they wouldn’t be seen by traffic from Killarney Riki watched on the tablet as the car approached a few azed out the windshield