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Prologue
The surge of pain left him gasping. Through a blur of agony, Brett saw two men dart out of his front door. The first blow had sent him reeling. The second punch caught him off balance. He had spun to his left, catching his leg against the jagged metal edge of the frame. That had cut his leg badly. Now he lay below the table, desperate to recall the intruder’s words…“Be careful and keep your mouth shut…” There was more. What was it?
He winced at the stabbing pulses down his leg as he struggled up on his right knee. His mind was a turmoil of thoughts…What was that all about?
He noticed his bloodied leg. He grabbed a towel and tried to wrap it around his leg to pull the cut closed, and stop the bleeding. “This is going to need medical attention,” he told himself. “Clearly, those thugs were sent to give me a message. What was it? A message from someone I know. Someone I know?”
He agonized over who had sent the two men. How can I have made such vicious enemies in less than a year at the Zoo? The attack, and the warning it conveyed, were obviously a direct consequence of his foolish actions and persistent enquiries. Only three people knew about his questions: Chengo, Peter, and Louise. They had all urged him to say nothing, but they may still not trust him, and they may have felt he needed a further indication of their seriousness.
Now he had it!