tackles two subjects from his favorite sculptor.
PART 2 of 5
The man sat quietly in the corner, his long hair hanging loosely about his face. The dim light from the single bulb in the room cast shadows across his features, exaggerating his natural scowl. In his hand he held a knife, its edge glinting in the darkness as he ran a whetstone down its length, honing the blade to a fine edge. The lonely sound of his sharpening filled the empty cottage, a soft grating noise that echoed off the bare walls.
The door opened abruptly and two men strode in. The first was wearing a suit, his head completely free of hair and a briefcase in his right hand. He set the case on a wooden table and clicked it open, lifting the lid to reveal the contents.
The rasp of the sharpening continued.
The second man reached in and picked out several documents and set them on the table. 'What have we got then, Goldman?' he asked.
Another metallic rasp echoed around the room.
'The target will be travelling down this road at 08:00 tomorrow morning.' replied the man in the suit, plucking a map from the case and laying it out next to the briefcase. 'There are several vantage points on the hillside to the south.' He pointed out details as he spoke.
The sharpening continued.
Looking up from the map, Goldman glared into the corner. 'Who's that?' he asked his companion. 'He's the new guy, we picked him up on a job in South America.' replied Granger. The seated figure glanced up briefly but his hands continued their work.
'Do you want to stop doing that?' demanded Goldman, the frustration obvious in his voice. The sound stopped but the shadowy face turned and glowered at the suited man. Goldman paused briefly, the intensity of the man's stare catching him off guard slightly, before laughing nervously to himself. 'OK, OK, calm down there amigo,' he joked, 'Have a shot of tequila or something…'
Before he'd finished the sentence, a metallic flash shot across the room and a newly sharpened knife embedded itself in the lid of the briefcase, slamming it shut loudly. Goldman jumped back at the sound, instantly pulling a pistol from underneath his jacket and turning it on the knifeman.
A tense silence filled the room briefly, before being broken by the sound of Granger's roaring laughter. 'Goldman,' he said as he reached out and pushed the pistol down towards the ground, 'meet Rodriguez.'
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