The phone squawked. “Lou! Where are
you? What’s happened?”
“Shh!” Luigi said, instantly.
There was plenty of ambient noise—the freeway, jets
taking off every couple of minutes, the noise of the bowser pumps, cars and
lorries starting their engines, and there was also a speaker at each pump
relaying some pop radio station. All the
same, he didn’t want the Killer to hear, because then he would kill them
straightaway and there’d be no chance for the police to save them.
Speaking over Jason’s frantic question, Luigi said,
“Just listen, Jace! We’re at the BP
service station on the Calder Highway. I
think he’s taking us to the Mount. Tell
the police!” And he ended the call. He slipped the phone back into his undies,
poured some of the water from the watering can around the engine onto the
tarmac, closed the bonnet, and put the can back in its place. The bowser had stopped. He got back into the car.
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