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‘And here‘s what you need to understand. What you did in the past didn‘t end with Jimmy. You worked for him. Now you work for me. You‘ve got seven days to
show me we‘re going in the right direction. Seven days.‘ Never take a no from somebody who can give you a yes. He looked at his watch. ‘Starting in sixty minutes. Now get out of my house.‘
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His voice rose from a cry to a scream. ‘Lily. Lily!‘ He spoke to the group who had offered nothing. ‘I left a baby here, somebody must‘ve seen her.‘ They stared, no idea what he was talking about. A new terror seized him. He ran a few steps up and down the beach, lost and afraid. The bag lay where Jennifer dropped it. But no push-chair. No sign his daughter had ever been there. Lily was gone.
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‘Have to admit he‘s got balls, Jimmy. Got to give him that.‘ ‘Balls are ten a penny, Kevin. Who‘d know that better than you?‘ He spoke to me. ‘You‘re a big disappointment, Charlie. I really thought you could pull it off. The reports said you were smart. Got a lot of respect for smart people. Your father for instance, he‘s an old bastard but he‘s a smart old bastard. Can‘t imagine he rates you.
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We turned our backs on the loch and picked our way through the stones to the road and the House Over-by. Making love was a quiet joy. We‘d only had a day but for as long as it lasted it had been a sweet, sweet thing.
