Thieves Like Us 01 - Thieves Like Us - Plot & Excerpts
He was pleased to find he had the whole place to himself. The turquoise pool sat in a big, red-bricked room that reeked of chlorine – but clearly not enough to kill the cloud of flies dizzying about overhead. The night was black and noisy outside. He was finishing his seventh length and wishing he were fitter when he looked up to see Tye had entered the room. She was wearing a deep blue high-necked swimsuit and trailing a fluffy white towel behind her. ‘Get out of the pool,’ she said. ‘Now.’ He frowned, and hauled himself out as she strode towards him. ‘What is it? What happened?’ ‘It’s what’s going to happen you should be worried about,’ she said gravely. ‘Your ass is going to get whupped!’ With that, she crouched into some martial arts-style pose and then kicked his legs out from under him. With a surprised shout, Jonah fell back into the water. ‘What the hell are you playing at?’ he spluttered.
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