Having eaten we left and made our way to Kenny’s. Cheryl and Phil walked ahead of me and Jay hand-in-hand and, it may be my imagination, but they seemed closer, as if the experiences they had just gone through had, possibly, made them closer.
As we walked down the road we could see a group of people having a chat outside Kenny’s. Manus and Sara, Kylie and Paul, Mary and Keith, Sue and Clive, Simon and Jim and James who would be filming the action. They saw us approaching and gave a wave and a ‘hi,’ when we reached them. As we got to them the door to Kenny’s was opened by Katy from the inside.
“Hi everyone,” she said in a bright tone. “Come on in, the coffee’s on.” Everyone strolled in except me and Jay who hung around outside. “Coming in?” Katy asked as she held the door open.
“In a minute. We’re just waiting for someone.” I said meaning Mike who we had met that morning.
“Okay, I’ll leave the door on the latch,” Katy said slowly shutting the door.
“Do you think he’ll come?” Jay asked me as we stood hand-in-hand by the door.
“I don’t know,” I replied. “We didn’t exactly tell him anything. We’ll give him five minutes then go in.” I expected Jay to answer, ‘okay,’ but instead she said in a worrying tone, “Oh fuck.”
I looked to where Jay was looking and saw Mike, casually dressed walking towards us, hand-in-hand with a very attractive woman and she didn’t look happy.
“Why the fuck,” Jay said in a disbelieving tone, “would he bring his wife?”
To be continued in Part Sixteen where an awkward situation arises, the filming is discussed and the final plans are made to retrieve the paintings