He set off back to Holland Park as
the rush hour traffic subsided.
He had time to make coffee for his
vacuum flask before he left to do the surveillance on the atelier. He picked up
an apple on the way out. The day was just fading, and because it had been very
warm the sky was rosy, and the air felt soft. He parked in the spot opposite
the one he’d occupied the night before, and sat back in his seat. It was a good
idea not to use the same park consecutively. He picked up the apple and bit
into it. The street was already deserted.
Jake was tired. He knew if the intruder
came again it would be in the early hours of the morning. It was only ten
o’clock when he checked. He was reading and he felt his eyes close once or
twice. He shook himself awake, and went back to reading. It came as a surprise
to him when he woke up and it was nearly two in the morning. He shook his head
and rubbed his eyes. Hope I haven’t
missed the action.
Jake poured coffee from his flask and
drank it down. He was tempted to get out of the Jeep and walk around, but
didn’t. He hadn’t checked the photographs he’d taken the night before apart
from when he’d scrolled through them then. He got the camera out and was about
to look at them again when he realized the figure was back on the roof. Cursing
softly, he was out of his car, locking it, and running as quietly as possible for
the alley and the fire escape to the roof of the atelier.
At the building, he ran up the stairs
as the person ran across the balcony, and took a leap to the neighboring roof.
Jake watched for a second, and then turned to run and meet them as they
descended from that building. He arrived just in time and he tackled the person
to the ground. It was incredibly easy. Jake knew that the person was slight
having seen them leap, but now he knew it was a woman, and he held her
carefully.
“Please don’t run. I will have to
restrain you. You need to tell me what you are doing on the roof.” As he said
this, he helped her up and took off the black beanie she had pulled low over
her face. At the same time, he realized what she was carrying…a black satin backpack.
Jake knew he’d seen that before.
She lifted her face to his and Jake let out a
small sound of surprise.
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