7 THE MACHINEThe message on Young’s mobile phone following the three o’clock meeting read simply ‘Good news, Free JSSMP=Muslim separatist group in s TL. Now get on with it ASAP’.
As he walked to his shower, he looked out the front window at the sea and beach and thought about a swim. There were already people out there and it was not yet nine o’clock. He showered, put on his trunks picked up a towel and went down to the beach.
“Good morning, sir,” said Ginny from behind her counter, “did you sleep good? You wan’ breakfast now?”
“Morning, Ginny. In thirty minutes, OK? I’ll go for a swim first. Is the sea safe?”
“Pardon, sir?”
“The sea, is it safe? No problems with the sea?”
“Oh, no, sir. Have sharks sometimes, but not bite like mosquitoes Only dangerous shark have two legs, you want m
