Night of the Black Bastards (An Action-Packed Thriller) by Casey Christie Page B

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    Mrs Grey gave the slightest nod and turned and disappeared inside her house leaving her gardening work unfinished without saying another word. The black cat - with the timing of a seasoned comedian - stood up, turned around and slipped through the bars of the palisade fencing and sat once more - now safely within her mistress’s private property.
    Night and Lisa laughed happily for a few moments.
    “I can’t believe that evil cow, Mike. How can people think like that and take joy in it, they are defenceless little birds.”
    “It is the world we live in Lisa. Don’t worry about it though as nature has a way of balancing things out.  Leave Wamba here at the front of the house for a while so that he can keep watch over our little friends. It won’t be long until they can fly and then they will be okay. Anyway I must be off now as I want to get a good night’s rest before the meeting with my client tomorrow. Are you sure your dad will give you a lift in to work tonight?”
    “Yeah babe, he likes dropping me off. He says it’s the only time he gets to be with me alone and we have a nice chat in the car. I will ask one of the Yankee vehicles to give me a lift home.”
    “OK my girl, any problems just give me a call.”
     

CHAPTER EIGHT
     
    Night had a particularly good rest, as he knew that on these assignments sleep was often lost. The next morning he arrived at the address stipulated to him by General Arosi through the promised text message.
    He was 45 minutes early. He wanted to survey the house, the street it was on and evaluate its positioning and outward security posture and any stand-alone risk factors that he may find. The house was in the wealthy suburb of Sandown situated within Africa’s richest area of Sandton.  The property had six foot white walls with electric fencing on the top, as did all the other houses on the street. There was one pedestrian door within the wall and a large and heavy automated vehicle gate. Two CCTV cameras were visible from the road, one on either side of the barrier pointing in each other’s direction in a downward angle at the street. There was an intercom and camera next to the automated gate and a buzzer on the civilian door. So far the physical security of the house looked okay. Night drove around the block a number of times, taking pictures with his Blackberry Smartphone as he did so. He also noted down all the vehicles and their number plates on the street that contained his possibly new client’s home. He hadn’t accepted the task yet.
    General Arosi pulled up 25 minutes later. He was alone, driving himself in his privately owned black 3 series BMW with tinted windows. He pulled in behind Night and left his own vehicle and approached the SS’s passenger side door, which Night opened, and got in.
    “How are you Mike?” and put his hand on Night’s arm which was resting on the centre console.
    “I am good thanks General. The time at the Vaal was nice. Thank you for the use of the chalet.”
    “No problem my friend, that’s what it is there for and I hardly have the opportunity to make use of it myself. Lisa was glowing when I saw her briefly this morning at Radio Control before she booked off duty. She looked happy.”  The General turned in his seat and looked more closely at Night. “In fact she was glowing in pretty much the same manner as you do now” he said grinning broadly at Night.
    “Ja, like I said, it was very nice General thank you.” Night blushed slightly and wanted the General to change the subject.
    “Okay Mike, I’ll brief you quickly… or as quickly as I can, on what I already know and then we will run it through again in front of the client. She wants to size you up.”
    “I’m sure she does, why wouldn’t she?”
    “Have you spoken to Stanislov? Is he interested?”
    “Yes, he is available from tomorrow and is in if I am in. He couldn’t make it today as he had other ‘business’ to attend to.”
    “Okay, great. The