Steel World Inc. Chapter Twenty One

 

“Tell me about the second floor.”

 

We were about half way to Miss Whitlock’s building when I decided to satisfy my curiosity on the abundance of pretty girls working on the second floor who seemed to mysteriously move on to other pastures without warning.

 

“Do you really need me to say it?” said Miss Madison.

 

“I do, yes.”

 

“Fine. They’re groomed for abduction.”

 

“And you’ve been party to it?” I gazed at her, without taking my eyes fully off the road. I’m a very careful driver, which is something I pride myself on. So many road accidents these days are the result of drivers who allow themselves to become needlessly distracted.

 

She shrugged. “I think that’s obvious.”

Steel World Inc. Chapter Twenty

 

My plan was to simply walk out through the front door of the house with my two slave girls trailing me. If Mr Magnus had been true to his word, the key card he gave me should give me access to do exactly that. If not, then I’d be stopped, and once Mr Frick discovered what I’d tried to do, I’d be in deep trouble. 

 

Being shot in the head would be the least of my concerns. I suspected that I’d instead take a long time dying.

 

So why was I being so brave? Well, frankly I was facing death either way and, as Miss Madison had said, it really was a case of which side offered me the greatest chance of survival. I didn’t really account for which of the two men was the most dangerous, because they both looked dangerous to me, but the balance of the scales obviously swung to Karl Magnus, if only because London was his ‘manor’ and all his men were here. Frick no doubt had a security team in London, but he was relying on subterfuge and the element of surprise. In a straight knock down fight, assuming we could get word to Magnus, then Frick would be outnumbered, on foreign territory, and at a considerable disadvantage. 

 

IF we could get word to Magnus. We had to get out of the house and grounds first.