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The Reckoning
Three hours later, I heard the lock whir and the chink of cups. Mave pushed in a trolley, with four breakfasts. She was dressed for her shift. We three slowly sat up and arranged ourselves to eat.
‘Sorry, Abe. I had to put this on your tab.’
Abe waved an uninterested hand. She ignored the breakfast she had brought and fiddled with the TV remote. A news channel sprang to life. The news was on a loop. After a few minutes our attention was riveted to the screen.
‘And now just in – a local businesswoman Dee Bradley gets caught in a domestic in that hotbed of intrigue and bad behaviour, Oscillations. Apologies for the picture quality, but they keep the lights low in that joint. You’ll soon know why!’
A grainy video showed the dungeon room. Dee, with her white skin and stockings, can be identified. Abe puts his hand on her butt. There was her smile. She was up for everything. Cath comes from nowhere, just a white blouse silhouette, slaps Dee, screa
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