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“Sir”

Oliver gave an embarrassed smile as he watched the elder man walk off “It’s all very for I’er used to Uncle Al

bert hates it Every one of these people here are like faure out why they insist on all the formalities”

Sa the backseat, leaving the front for Oliver “He ht”

“In truth, we really can’t afford the handful of staff reo They have nowhere else Allegra’s son even lived here for a few years when she was going through her divorce Nasty business, that”

“How many staff are left?” Remi asked from the backseat

“Three fa the four farmers”

The drive into Manchester took about twenty-five lad to see they hadn’t been followed At the station, Oliver nodded toward a woht brown hair pulled back in a ponytail “My sister, Allegra,” he said

The moment she saw hi in the wind “Where’ve you been?” she asked “I rang at least an hour ago”

“I came as soon as I heard”

“Well, not soon enough Uncle Albert’s been arrested”

“What? When? Whatever for?”

“So hi the Gray Ghost”

“Preposterous There is no insurance”

Allegra looked at Oliver as though he had lost his mind “You didn’t have the car insured?”