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Burke stopped at the peeling, red-painted front door, Grey at his side, and reached out to bang the knocker sharply, causing flakes of paint to fall away and drift to the ground.
While he waited for an answer he glanced at his partner, to be sure he was alert and ready for anything.
Paul was not likely to cause them any trouble, aside from stealing cars and driving them like he was a Formula One driver he was a peaceful person. His family was a different matter; Eileen Veritas, Paul’s mother, had a long history of drunk and disorderly arrests, as well as arrests for assault and a variety of other misdemeanours, including prostitution in her youth. Jerry Veritas, Paul’s older brother, had a similarly lengthy arrest record, covering everything from petty theft to drug-dealing to assault
