THE PLATINUM PIRATE<\/em><\/h3>\nAfter a few moments, two cars approached. Al recognised the lead car as Tyler\u2019s flashy Jag. The angle of the sun and the tinted windows turned the men inside into dark shapes. It was impossible to see if anybody was in the back: there could easily be another guy or two back there. Both cars turned onto the cobbled surface of the breakwater and drew to a halt a few metres from him. Tyler and a heavy-built man with a shaved head and a tattoo curling behind his right ear and rolling down his neck stepped from the first car. Mr Tattoo stood with legs apart then shuffled forwards like a boxer preparing to spa. The rear doors opened and two more heavyweights emerged.<\/em><\/p>\nStan Clague and Al\u2019s wife, Paula, stepped out of the smaller car behind. Nicholas Tyler approached Al.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWell now, Mr Callow, what do we make of this then?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cMake of what, Tyler?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWhat do we make of the fact that you are outnumbered?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cNumbers count for nothing, Tyler. Agility, strength, speed: they all count for something though. And what are Marty Feldman and my ex-wife doing here? They have nothing more to do with this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nPaula said, \u201cI needed to come to some agreement with you, Al, but you\u2019ve cut me off completely\u2014\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWell what the hell do you expect, you stupid bitch. You were double-dealing me. I have copies of all the emails between you, Tyler and Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion here. So I simply planned and executed a double-cross of my own. Now, let me try again. What the hell are you doing here?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nPaula looked down at the ground. \u201cI came to try and talk you into giving Mr Tyler his platinum back. He\u2019ll pay you according to the original deal, and there\u2019ll be no ill feelings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cYou\u2019re bloody joking aren\u2019t you? You wasted your time coming here to say that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cI also came to apologise for Bruce.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWhat? What\u2019s with Bruce?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s dead,\u201d Tyler said. \u201cWhich is how we knew that you\u2019d be here now, waiting for your fellow criminals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cYeah, well I didn\u2019t want anything like that to happen,\u201d Paula said.<\/em><\/p>\nAl shook his head. \u201cYou played with the big boys, Paula, and you got your fingers burned. Tough shit. Anything else you want to say to me?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThere is nothing I can say that you will want to hear, so I think it\u2019s best if I don\u2019t say anything,\u201d she sighed.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHow convenient,\u201d Al snorted. \u201cI\u2019d hate to make you feel uncomfortable in any way for being a double-crossing bitch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nNicholas Tyler addressed himself to Stan Clague. \u201cGet her out of the way, Stan. I only let her come because I thought it might convince Callow to change his mind.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThat plan\u2019s not working too well then, is it?\u201d Al said, as Stan and Paula reversed their car along the breakwater. \u201cSo you\u2019ve killed Bruce and now you plan to kill me too, eh?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cCertainly not,\u201d Tyler said. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t be standing there brazen and bold if you didn\u2019t have information about me somewhere – to be found only in the event of your untimely death of course.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nAl nodded and smiled.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cSo I\u2019m here simply to take back what belongs to me. My three associates are here to ensure that you don\u2019t stop me from boarding your boat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cGo ahead,\u201d Al said. \u201cKnock yourself out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nNicholas Tyler nodded to the three heavyweights. \u201cKeep an eye on Mr Callow for me. If he tries to follow me, please use force to detain him.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \n<\/p>
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Joseph Adebayo is looking for investment money for The Foundation when he is savagely beaten by his fellow diners. The incident sees DI Sarah Flemons and DC Penny Chakyar investigating at The Foundation where a previous mystery is solved but a new mystery comes to light. Meanwhile, Al Callow leads a group of people who steal \u00a315 million of platinum. But all is not as it seems, and Al’s wife, Paula, has other ideas. The owner of the platinum wants his precious metal back and hires The Vicar to get the information he needs. However, he misjudges events and finds that his platinum has taken on a strange new shape. Meanwhile, Craig, a hard-drinking, hard-hitting Australian tries to steal the platinum but Al is wise to him as Craig soon discovers. And while everybody is chasing their tails, Al and his new love, Carla, are having a ball.