Underlife

And at that moment the train came rumbling into the station and the men either side of Clipper started to close in on him. * Clipper remembered the first time he’d seen Gary in action. Clipper realised that whatever sound made it through the gap in the partly-opened doors would probably be swallowed by the vast space of the station. She must know what Clipper would be thinking: that no one in their right mind would turn down Warren’s offer of freedom just to keep a stranger company. Warren would get the train moving, they’d finally reach the next station, and Warren would make his escape, leaving her to continue on to Heathrow with just enough time left to check in.