Rohan Quine's video: Rohan Quine The Imagination Thief 106 A gunfight and a snippety exchange

The vibration of my phone wrenches me back to my bed. It’s a breathless Alaia, with street noise behind her. “Hi, it’s me,” she says, all action. “I’m near Downstairs. Lucan’s just been shot at from a car. The bullet missed him. The rumour is, it was an assassin from a gang in Red Bank who are trying to get rid of him, to grab his business.” “You sound just like a news reporter. ‘Our woman on the front line, bringing hard news from the mean streets of—’” “Look, there was nearly an assassination here. A gangland execution. Didn’t you hear the gunfire?” “No.” “Good thing we don’t have to rely on you for world news.” “I’ve been gathering news about the worlds in people’s heads,” I reply. “Much more important. I always found gunfights a bit of a snooze.” “Jaymi, the implication of this particular gunfight is perhaps that it suggests the waxworks were just part of a plot to destabilise Lucan’s business here, and therefore they weren’t sculpted by anyone in Asbury Park after all.” “Oh, I see—you mean this’ll finally get Shigem off the hook of Lucan’s blame?” “Hallo! Yes, I do.” I can hear her raising her eyes. “You’re right, that’s very important.” I glance at the bedside clock. “Shigem’s only got an hour left in this town before he leaves for the airport, but that is still time to bump him off. I take my hat off to you, one needs a certain sort of mind to grasp the implications of gun battles—” “One needs a mind, Jaymi … and sometimes a bit of bold action. Bye.” The line goes dead. “Bye.” Well! Snippety-snip. Bold action?… For more about "The Imagination Thief" by Rohan Quine, see https://www.rohanquine.com/the-imagination-thief/ For some great reviews of it, see https://www.rohanquine.com/press-media/the-imagination-thief-reviews-media/ And the retailers’ links for all three formats are at https://www.rohanquine.com/buy/the-imagination-thief-novel-paperback/ https://www.rohanquine.com/buy/the-imagination-thief-novel-ebook/ https://www.rohanquine.com/buy/the-imagination-thief-novel-audiobook/