– our other business. But one day, she left something in the office, and came
back for
it in the evening. Most unfortunate for her. She saw what we were doing. After that, I
could not let
her go.'
'Where is she?' asked Tom urgently.
'Ah - I'm not a cruel man,' replied Diinya. 'I did not kill her. I have kept her in my
villa.'
'That's because you didn't know what to do,' said Tom.
'Exactly. But we have no choice now. You know too much about us.'
'What about the drugs when they arrive in Europe?' asked Tom.
'That's easy,' replied Diinya. 'We have friends in England. The goods are delivered
to dealers in England and our friends buy them. Your fiancee helped us a lot. I shall
soon be rich - very rich.'
The Mercedes turned off the main road, and drove along the small street towards
Diinya's villa. The car drove in through the gates of the villa, up to the house. It
stopped near the front door. It was a big villa with three floors. There were steps
leading up to the front door.
'Out,' said Diinya.
They got out of the car. There was one small light above the front door of the villa.
The rest of the house was in complete darkness. Tom looked around - he was looking
for a way to escape. Diinya saw him.
'If you try to escape, I'll shoot you,' he said. 'Now, get inside.'
They started walking up the steps to the front door.
'STOP!' shouted a voice.
Suddenly a blinding light came on. The garden of the villa
was full of men running
towards them. For a second Diinya stood frozen on the steps, shocked. Then he ran
towards the door. It opened suddenly and two men jumped out. They had guns
pointing at Diinya.
'Stop! This is the police. Stop or we'll shoot!'
Diinya dropped his gun and slowly put his hands above his head. His men did the
same.
'The police,' Kemal said. 'We're safe.'
At that moment the door of the villa opened and a girl ran out.
'Tom!' she shouted. 'Tom!'
Tom turned round quickly.
'Angela!' For a long time they stood, unable
to speak, holding each other.
'Oh, Tom,' said Angela. 'You're here at last!'
He looked into her eyes. 'Angela, my love,' he whispered. 'Are you all right?'
'Oh, yes, I'm all right. I'm fine. The police came here to the villa about an hour ago.
We knew you were coming, the police were following you. Oh, Tom, I was so
worried that Diinya would kill you.'
She put her arms round him again.
'Oh,' said Tom suddenly. 'Angela, my love, I want you to meet a very good friend
of mine.' He turned and smiled at Kemal.
'Angela, this is Kemal.'
'Hello, Kemal, nice to meet you,' said Angela.
'Hello,' he said. 'I've
never met you before, but I feel I know you very well!'
They laughed.
'Kemal has been wonderful,' said Tom. 'Without his help, we wouldn't be here
now.'
'Oh, I only helped you a little,' said Kemal.
'A little!' said Tom.
They watched as Diinya and his men were taken to a police car.
'How did the police know what was happening?' asked Tom.
At that moment a car drove up to the villa. A man got out of the car and walked
towards them. He smiled.
'Hello, Mr Smith,' he said. 'We meet again.'
'Mr Pennington!' smiled Tom.