Gray Resurrection

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Author: Alan McDermott
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bullshit.  I could call
their mobiles and be talking to them in a couple of minutes.  The only
reason I haven’t spoken to them in the last year is because you told me not
to.  I’ve done everything you asked of me, so it’s time you gave me
something in return.”
    Farrar considered the request a little
more and decided the time was right to accede to Grant’s demand.  “Okay,
you can have Smart and Baines.  Unfortunately, Tristram bought it in Iraq
a few months ago.”
    “How?”
    “I don’t have all the details,” Farrar
said.  “All I know is he was doing some bodyguard work and his client was
attacked by a large force.  The agency he worked for couldn’t give us any
further information.”
    Grant gazed out of the window, staring
at nothing in particular as he thought about his good friend.  Tris had served
with him in the regiment and they had shared a couple of tours in Iraq, and
Grant had subsequently hired him when he was managing director of Viking
Security Services.  When Grant – in his previous incarnation as Tom Gray –
had first come up with the notion of kidnapping five habitual criminals in
order to force the government to come down harder on repeat offenders, it was
Tris who had been the most supportive, helping mould the initial
spur-of-the-moment idea into a solid, viable plan.  Tris had also been one
of the people to administer CPR when he’d been seriously injured in the
explosion that had brought his four-day siege to an abrupt end, and he had
never been able to thank him. 
    In fact, Grant hadn’t spoken to any of
his friends since his arrival in the Philippines.  He’d been tempted,
obviously, but he knew that Farrar would be monitoring all of their incoming
calls.  If he’d tried to contact them, Farrar would have known about it.
    Farrar’s main concern, however, was that
Grant might reveal the fact that he was actually Tom Gray, a man for whom the
people of Britain had held a two-week protest demanding his release from
custody.  The official line was that Tom Gray had died from his injuries,
when in fact he had been spirited out of the country to prevent him causing the
government any further embarrassment.  Grant had long ago considered the
implications should the world find out that Tom Gray was still alive, and it
didn’t look rosy.  Farrar would certainly follow through with his earlier
threat to have him killed, at the very least.  He might even go as far as
to terminate all others who knew about him, and that included some good friends
back in England.
    Although he hadn’t asked to be placed in
this predicament, Sam Grant knew he had to deal with it, and had been doing
quite a good job up until the last few minutes.
    He turned back to Farrar, a steely look
in his eyes.  “I want Sonny and Len here before we set off, plus full
details of the operation.  We’ll travel together and I’ll brief them on
the journey.”
    “Don’t push your luck, Sam.  You
may be good at what you do, but you’re not indispensable.”
    They sat staring at each other for a
full minute, and it was Farrar who backed down first.  “Okay, I’ll give
you the details on Monday and get Baines and Smart here by Tuesday
evening.  Just be ready to fly on Thursday afternoon.”
    “How long will I be gone?”
    “It shouldn’t take more than a couple of
weeks.  It all depends on how quickly you can devise and then execute your
plan.  We’ll give you the target, you do the rest.”
    Grant nodded and opened the door, glad
to get back out into the warm evening air.  He didn’t look back as he
headed towards the house and he heard Farrar reverse off the driveway and
disappear towards the subdivision gates. 
    Inside the house he found Alma preparing pulutan for the evening’s game of Tong-its , a rummy-like card
game the locals enjoyed playing, especially for money.  The stakes were
never high but it made for a good night’s entertainment, particularly when
accompanied by a few

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