Alpha Maximus
In the city I buy a backpack for Hope while we wait for Sally.
‘Hey guys. Here you go,’ she says, handing over the money, I put into the backpack.
‘We’re going to have breakfast. You should join us,’ I say.
‘Sure. There’s a cafe around the corner that makes really good food.’
‘Lead the way,’ I say, cheerfully.
We order breakfast and pay for Sally, and get to know her better. Hope keeps staring out the window, watching something or someone. There is a man on his phone a few metres from the window, staring at us.
A few men enter the cafe and sit at different ...