The Devil's Home On Leave (Factory 2) - Plot & Excerpts
He had just reported to me now and was turning to go. But I stopped him. ‘Now what do you want?’ ‘A drink,’ I said. ‘With you. And don’t worry about your bank balance, the State’s paying.’ ‘I don’t drink.’ ‘That’s all right, you can watch me.’ ‘Am I going to have you on my back like this all the time?’ ‘Right on,’ I said, ‘and if you don’t like it, you know what we can do.’ We were outside the Factory by this time and walking west along Oxford Street. I waved at a cab. I could see the driver hesitating over McGruder, but he swerved in at the death. ‘Take us down to the Painted Lady in Cromwell Road,’ I said, getting in. ‘What’s this pub we’re going to, then?’ said McGruder petulantly. ‘I’ve never heard of it.’ ‘You wouldn’t’ve,’ I said, ‘because it isn’t a villains’ pub for once, just an ordinary one; writers and musicians and folk like that go in there. I know you’re the jack in the pack, Billy, but I’m getting sick to death drinking with killers all the time, it’s bad enough I’ve got one sitting next to me right now.’ ‘I could take offence at that.’ ‘Well, I wouldn’t,’ I said.
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