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  1. Topher Lydon
    Working at the Ashley Garden's retirement home was a new experience for Scott, he had expected a nursing home, maybe a workspace sandwiched between a bathroom and a lounge of something. Instead there was an entire corner of the building devoted to office space. A staff of about five people running administration and ensuring that the home ran properly, scheduling events, making arrangements for doctor visits and of course the darker side of geriatric care, deaths. When Scott arrived in his tr
  2. Topher Lydon
    They had travelled into Canterbury; it had been Luke's suggestion that they do something cultural. Scott suspected that it was mainly done for his re-education benefit. And as much as he wanted to enjoy himself, he was distracted. He at least had an idea now what Serena had been trying to tell him the day before, but finding sometime to actually talk to her alone was problematic. Especially with Luke dragging them all over the Cathedral precincts and pointing out pieces of history. It was a s
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    The Golden Martlet, the pub in Hellingly that Darren had first taken him to, was dismally quiet on a Thursday night. But that wasn't important to Serena who had insisted that she wanted them together after work for a drink. Scott was still in his suit, tie loosened, holding onto a pint and leaning up against the edge of the bar, one hand on the back of Serena's chair, looking across at Darren who was telling them both about the Darlington races that were coming up. Scott was only half-list
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    "You sure you're not going on Safari?" Ben asked, looking down on Scott's battered Rover from the window of their office. Scott looked up from a particularly stubborn computer that was sitting in pieces spread out across his workbench; he was holding a screwdriver and had a determined look on his face, "Huh?" "Safari; you know, hunting dangerous animals on the savannah." He gave a broad grin as he let the blinds fall back to rattle against the window, "Though knowing you it's probably dang
  5. Topher Lydon
    A summer evening on Meadow Road was a strange step back in time. Fifty years ago, children playing on the green, while their parents watched from their gardens gossiping to each other while trimming the hedges that separated the houses, or watering the prize rose bushes would have been normal. In the new millennium it was a rare occurrence. Scott, shirtsleeves rolled up, was wrestling with a rusty pair of hedge-clippers and having no luck with them. Jeans and t-shirts had given way to shirts
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    He picked at the shirt: Ben Sherman; apparently it was what all the well-dressed guys were wearing. To him it kinda looked like... well a normal shirt with a label. But Serena had insisted on buying it for him, pairing it with a beautiful pair of black slacks and his well-polished shoes; he actually felt stylish. Though the argument to tuck or leave un-tucked still raged. He thought it looked better in, she thought it looked better out. Dickie, leaning forward from the back on the seats in fr
  7. Topher Lydon
    Scott looked at him again, "What?" Luke snapped, sounding irritable, and Scott guessed he was wondering what kind of twit would walk through Town Farm on their own. Sure there were probably a few that could pull it off, but they had to be twice Scott's size, and anyone would think twice about taking on a guy built like heavyweight boxer. But Scott was small, smaller than your average lightweight. Great. Scott ambled alongside Luke, quite enjoying the stroll, and smirking over the fact that he
  8. Topher Lydon
    He had never realized that it would become a quest. He hadn't thought that entering England on his American passport would make a difference, he hadn't had time to wait for his English one to be processed and a passport was a passport right? He had quickly come to realize how wrong he was. The line at the home office in Croydon was immense. The kind of line you would expect to see outside a rock concert if everyone tried to buy his or her tickets at the same time. There was easily a thousa
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    The time waiting for the passport seemed to pass quickly; when Friday night had rolled around Scott had learned that his cousin Darren was to be putting in an appearance. For Scott this was cheerful news; Aunt Christine's eldest boy was Scott's age, and although his mother generally regarded him as a black sheep, he was a good person. Scott had shared many a scraped knee from adventures with Darren when he was younger and it was good to see a face his own age for a change rather than the unendin
  10. Topher Lydon
    Scott leapt awake, retreating up the bed as fast as he could, recoiling from the light touch. He must have made it halfway up the wall before he realized where he was and what was happening. And as he blinked away the sleep, he looked around him at the small room and the old woman who was looking as shocked as he was. "I'm sorry..." she began, setting the mug of tea down beside him on the bedside table. Scott took a deep breath and steadied his heart as he sat down cross-legged on the pill
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    Of all the things that could go wrong, Scott had been feeling particularly stubborn that day, deliberately ignoring all the pressed shirts and trousers, picking out a stylish pair of white cargos, a tee-shirt he had used to wear when he had whiled away last summer skating. And of course his prized visor cap. It let his black hair poke out of the top, a little bit of hair wax and the spikes stood out at odd angles. Gran had taken one look at him that morning and had sniffed something about his
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    Charity shops. It seemed that Hailsham was made up with about half of those second hand stores that were miniature versions of the Salvation Army store. They put a logo of an illness research society on the door, collect junk and resold it to unsuspecting passers by as the best deal out there. Scott huffed, blowing a strand of hair out of his face as he stood wearing a suit that was a size too large and put together somewhere back in nineteen ninety four. He swam in it, but his Gran was adama
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    The next two weeks seemed to drag by, those first days back home where Scott was still trying to find his footing. His grandmother had been overjoyed that he was making friends; she seemed especially pleased to meet Serena who had picked him up the next night to drive him into Eastbourne to join them at Bar Copa on the end of the pier. Scott was starting to relax; he enjoyed spending time with Serena, who had developed rather quickly into a stereotypical fag-hag. Or more aptly he had become h
  14. Topher Lydon
    There are those that say the Devil chooses his servants; others say that they choose him. Scott Walker didn't know much about the Devil; after all he hardly felt as if he worked for him in any serious capacity. He was purely a victim of circumstances, the butt of some cosmic joke that had his existence as its punch line. Scott could hardly say he believed in a Lord of Darkness, Prince of Lies and Master of the Underworld. He had heard all the stories in the church group he had been abandoned
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    Home is at the end of the road. For Scott Walker its been a long eight years living abroad. But now all he wants to do is go home. Yet coming home isn't easy as he realizes that while home hasn't changed, he has and trying to adjust to his old life isn't easy. He is caught up trying to prove that he isn't the stranger everyone mistakes him for. And love threatens to drag him into a bitter family rivalry.
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    It seemed like he spent most of his life on planes. The most defining moments in his life seemed to involve thirty-thousand feet of altitude in one fashion or another. Will supposed it was just the way his life had chosen to unfold itself, and he still remembered when he had first emigrated to Canada all those years ago, following his father's assignment as a military liaison. That trip had been in the opposite direction, and he certainly hadn't been placed in first class. But it had bee
  17. Topher Lydon
    "Sir?" West's sergeant examined the orders and looked up at his superior officer questioningly as West marched out of one of the 60's-style temporary buildings that were anything but temporary. "They're signed by the Major." West nodded, slipping on a pair of brown leather gloves and tucking his peaked cap onto his head. He regretted not being able to put on the camouflage fatigues of the rest of his men, but he didn't want to arouse suspicion of the two men in the Volvo who were waiting
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    "So what's the plan?" the newcomer asked, sitting on a palate and tearing back the top off of his coffee cup, sniffing it a moment before he took a sip. He shook his head at the smooth and rich flavour of the coffee and stared at it again suspiciously. "They do something to the coffee up here," Johnson said, absently resting a hand on his window, studying the world beneath him waking up to another new day. "So what did you find out from following the kid?" The newcomer lounged ba
  19. Topher Lydon
    Andrew drove the Mustang, weaving through traffic, accelerating around the other cars and pulling ahead to run down Olgilvie Road, back towards the CSIS building. He rested back in the bucket seat, one hand resting on the stick shift as he put the car through a workout that was as much to clear his head as it was to test the limits of the car. Will knew--at least that was one lie up and out in the open. He'd reacted exactly as Andrew had thought that he would. Will wasn't a person who en
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    Will sat in his home; it had seemed somehow fitting that he go back to the house in Toronto. Though it didn't have the same feel as the one he shared with Brody in Ottawa, it was more his own in a way the one in Ottawa could never be. He needed the time away to think, to recover. And to avoid the horde of press that seemed to follow him everywhere, demanding questions of him. What it was like to be shot for his country. How had he survived? Who he felt was behind the shooting. Wi
  21. Topher Lydon
    "Oi you come ova here you been givin mi mate any lip i'll beat da shit in to ya if ya do it agen alrite mate?" West listened to the argument raging outside barely understanding two words in ten. "Your such a minga your girl friend's a right slag. There's so many tossers in this town...don't walk away wen i'm talkin to ya..." He frowned and looked down at Will laying on the messy bunk beside him, his eyes bright despite the pain, watching his reaction with a smile. "You get used to that..
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    The lieutenant was nervous; he kept throwing glances over at the captain standing behind him, checking to make sure that he was doing everything right. Wondering if the appearance of the captain had been a last minute idea by his commanding officer. West kept quiet, occasionally looking towards the crowds nearby, to the faces in it, no doubt at least one of them were looking back at him. He smiled grimly, as he nodded to the lieutenant in approval. Making it look like he belonged there,
  23. Topher Lydon
    Marc rested his head against the metal railing of the fire escape. Their house was overrun by police all waiting for the telephone to ring, to get some clue or hint of where the missing Minister was. It was some ridiculous hour in the morning; Marc was on his second pack of cigarettes. Chain-smoking wasn't going to help Will, but Marc didn't know what else he could do. He shifted his gaze down to the alleyway where he'd parked Will's Jeep, a light smattering of rain beginning, and he fro
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    Will didn't like the security. They'd secured a floor in the hotel for him and his two staffers as well as a couple of aides from the Embassy. And yet Will felt increasingly uncomfortable. For people that were supposedly charged with his safety, they remained as threatening reminders of the fact that he wasn't safe. He wondered idly as he sat on the couch in the hotel suite, reviewing his speech for Sunday and the unveiling of the Cenotaph memorial. His tie loose and his sleeves rolled u
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    Thorpe stood with his hands balled at the small of his back, his eyes staring up at the clock of the Peace Tower. With Carter missing it was only a matter of hours until they were at war. It seemed somehow fitting that the skies were dark and oppressive that morning; a rumble of thunder crackled through the murky darkness, as the rain hammered relentlessly on the city, pouring off of the old clock and running in rivulets off of the gargoyles that chased away the evil spirits from the bui
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