condensed master

Will Bonner
"Look Billy, I don't want to make life hard for you. If you treat me right things
will go easy, you already know how I will react if things go wrong." Billy nodded.
"So lets keep things cool. I'll phone the number and leave a message, but only to
arrange a meeting."
Billy looked up, a quizzical look on his face. "You won't want me to drop my
pants again will you?"
"It's not you I'm worried about, just the sods that are pulling your strings!"
Will settled down for the drive back. He felt contented that the meeting had
transpired without any hitches. It would be a constant battle from now on
however, trying to keep his head above water.
Contact with the organization was sporadic and sometimes only two or three
times a year. Some of the demands turned into nail biting events, others without
incident, but their presence was always lurking in the background, and as time
went by, it would get harder, not easier.
Will busied himself with renovating the house. A new extension had been built
on the property and he was now concentrating on reshaping the old section.
Both Louise and Mark were progressing well with their academic careers.
Louise took a final year at university to do a Masters Degree, after which time, her
fiance Brent graduated.
They married at the very same church where he and Dorothy were married
almost thirty years before. Immediately after the wedding reception they took a
plane to New York on their honeymoon and then on to Niagara Falls Canada,
where they would eventually set up home.
On Friday morning, the day before the wedding, Will answered the phone in
his office. It was Billy. "Could I see you this weekend?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"It's my daughter's wedding tomorrow."
"What about Sunday?"
"No, it will have to wait until next week. What's it all about, why the urgency?"
"All I can say is that someone you've mentioned in past information has come
under scrutiny, and you may be able to clear up some unanswered questions."
"Come to my office on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m."
The incident bugged him throughout the wedding and the reception, and on up
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