PART 185

It was a few minutes after the 22nd hour, they left the cafe.

They took Uli's sports Saab to M.G.'s place where he proposed Uli spends the night.

''That would be most appropriate old fellow, given the odds that I have a little surprise for you.''

Uli produced the ''fired'' ballistic which he was most fortunate to have picked up from the inner steps to the bus much to Wesley's unawareness.

With a cry of appraisal and thanks and Uli saying something to the effect that he is not the only one with sensitive eyes, Uli's host set to work immediately on the piece of evidence, in his ante-room. A room of-course Uli had often asked him to move permanently to the cellars below.

PART 184

''Now, now my friend don't try to scare us, a ring is just a ring.......ok ?''

''Ok''

''So what do you think Uli?'', Wesley said as he left them.

''Oh, from his voice tone and inflexions, I believe he was telling the truth.''

''Or it's just that you simply like the chap.''

''Oh that and the one about the truth too.''

PART 183

''A black man with a caucasian nose''

''What ?''

''Like a half- caste you mean ?,'' Uli asked.

''Not really, his skin was too dark for an half caste.

''How tall was he ?''

''Just about my height - 6 feet and an inch tall.''

''What else did you notice about him?''

''He had a heavily studded ring on his left hand - my guess is that it was the index finger - I noticed and felt it when he shoved me aside.''

Uli stared hard at him, '' if you were to hazard a guess, what kind of ring would you say it is Aaron ?''


Aaron stared down at his coffee, smiled out of the left side of his mouth and said, ''I would say it was a ring of the brotherhood.''

PART 182

The man simply wanted to be knowned as Aaron.

''So Aaron, what exactly have you got for me ?,'' that was Wesley.

''Well I can say I saw the shooter on the evening of that matchup.''

''You can - can you ?''

''Yes, I was in front of him as he made to escape - I was dead cert he was going to shoot me - but he instead pushed me aside and took off.''

''So what did he look like ?''

PART 181

M.G. Wesley on the other hand was his usual calculated self. On some after thought Uli began to think of me and my warning that they should stick to the flare-gun incidence, citing that the bad publicity may not be good for the Drones teams at the tail end of it all.

Wesley ordered tea, Uli ordered juice. This was of-course after introducing themselves and had exchanged pleasantries. Like Uli said he was at ease.

PART 180

For some strange reason Uli liked him on the spot. He wasn't drawn to his unshavened chin nor his shifty eyes. He was simply drawn to his like-ability or his ability, inspite of his shifty eyes to put one at ease.

PART 179

At first in the shadows of the poorly lit cafe, Dr Uli Yang could not see the person supposedly their prime witness, in the face. But after a few minutes getting accustomed to the discreet lighting he saw that their witness was a poorly kempt caucasian in his mid - 30's trying to pass for a college-grad, by the looks of his dressing: a confraternity blazer on tight blue jeans.

PART 178

''What are you doing Norbert?''

That was his mother's curiosity.

''Nothing really ma......just trying to get back to the XC8ing scene again.''

''Well you are no longer the young man you used to be, you should be married now......how old are you Norbert?''

Norbert chuckled, ''If you can't remember mum......I sure as smokes that's got no fire can't remember either.

PART 177

He weighed the revolver in his hands - it was a pre - 70's revolver; one his father used to own which he had taken away on the night of the stand off with him.

His intent was not to kill the Percy kid - just enough fire power to scare him off. He bets that kid is a real sissy at heart. It would be fun to see him fly by the seat of his pants .

PART 176

Norbert Townsend was in his hotel room pacing it's floors like he ran out of space to kick a ball shaped like an egg.

His obsession could be concerns for medical attention. Ever since his mother ended up in a home for the mentally ''impaired'' he just could not bring him self to drive past their former home anytime he was in the neighbourhood.

Now that Percy kid is making things pretty hard for him. He was pretty sure Barnaby has sent him to keep an eye on Zain.