1. Action, Reaction and Consequences Ch. 09


    Date: 6/15/2024, Categories: Loving Wives, Author: byInkent

    ... nervously at Lance. Ann hadn't seen him since their acrimonious split, when Lance had gone on the rampage, after catching them together. When the split had occurred ,Ann realised, very quickly, that her and Lance were over, she had found work in the hospital in London and had now made it her home.
    
    "Lance, why are you here? You and me are over. Hell, we're divorced!"
    
    Before she could continue, Lance spoke;
    
    "As nice as it is to see you're OK Ann, it's actually Matt, I'm here to see."
    
    Just then, two other men came into the room. Matt vaguely recognised one, he turned out to be Lance's partner in the security business that he'd met a couple of years ago when he found and apologised to Lance, regarding the affair with Ann. The other was older, appeared very distinguished and full of authority.
    
    "Matt, you remember my partner, Kevin?" Matt nodded.
    
    "Hello, it's good to see you in one piece, so to speak." Matt shook hands with Kevin. The other man stepped forward and shook Matt's hand.
    
    "Good day, Matt. My name's irrelevant at the moment but, I can assure you, we are on your side. If required, Kevin and Lance can vouch for me."
    
    The three guests all looked at each other and grinned. The grins faded and their facial expressions changed to a more serious one. The unnamed man spoke.
    
    "Matt, Mark came to me a while back. It was a surprise because, he was determined to leave that part of his life we shared with him, behind. Some of us were indebted to him for life ...
    ... so, of course, we offered to help. I think you know what he asked us for Matt but, let's start at the beginning, tell usyour story."
    
    The man looked at Ann, she felt his eyes were asking her to leave so she started to walk away. As she walked away, Matt spoke up;
    
    "Ann, I'd like you to stay please. A lot has happened since we've parted and you may not feel the same about me, once you've listened to what I have to say. This way I can get it all out in one sitting, some of it's still painful for me".
    
    The four guests remained and Matt told his tale from the point where Lance had turned his world upside down, right the way around to being in hospital right now. He was aware that Mark had died in the explosion. Some of his colleagues had been in to see him over the last couple of days. They were torn and damaged men born out of the tragedy.
    
    "Ok Matt, this isn't common knowledge and never will be but, you were set up. You were lured there but, we don't know if it was Mark, you or the pair of you they wanted dead, as a minimum. The basement area had been carefully sealed with thick polythene sheeting, glued together to make a simple, but effective, gas storage container, according to the fragments we found. The gas mains had been reconnected and had been feeding gas into this large area. We found pieces of a detonator and believe it was triggered remotely. Checking records against the nearest mobile mast shows a call being made, that we think was the signal, to trigger the ...
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