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    “It is,” he replied, handing Jez a scotch, Ryan and Rachel’s Abercraig whisky no less. Mikey was already a big fan. “I’ve got my mother-in-law staying here, she’s left Ken. It’s not funny,” he added when Jez sniggered.
    “Bet that’s going to be fun. She’ll bleed you dry.”
    “She’s already started. Amber’s taken her shopping.”
    “Bloody hell. I’d call the bank and have all my money shifted into another account. They’ll leave you potless.”
    “Yeah, alright. Can we drop it? It’s depressing enough.”
    “Here, have you heard about that body the builders found at Ryan and Rachel’s house?”
    “Yeah, Rachel called me. At least this time it’s nothing to do with us.”
    “I’ve got the feeling we’re going to have to tear down to Devon again.”
    Mikey nodded sadly. “Me too mate. Rach and Ryan just can’t catch a break.”
    “Neither can you, stuck with Joyce and Ken as parents-in-law then one moves in with you.”
    “She’s not moved in, she’s staying here temporarily.”
    “And what if she doesn’t go back to him?”
    The thought was too horrible for Mikey to contemplate. “I didn’t bring you here to talk about them. I want to discuss Katia. I think we made the wrong decision, we should have topped her when we took over.”
    Jez sank into a chair and took a sip of his whisky. “Yeah, its been bothering me too. She’s not going to give up until we’re all dead, including Ryan and Rachel.”
    “What worries me is how much Alex told her about our businesses. She was close to everything. What if she starts blabbing to Jared?”
    “It’s had me up at nights worrying. Vic Slattery’s still not turned up. Word is Jared topped him, his own dad.”
    “Fuck the Slatterys. I don’t give a shit if she is under their protection, we’re stronger than they are and they’re not going to go to war over a slag like that. I say we remove her before she does any damage. But we need to make it subtle, so Jared can never be sure if we were behind it or not.”
    “Subtle, how?”
    “Jules.”
    Jez chuckled. “I never thought I’d hear the words Jules and subtle in the same sentence.”
    “You remember what she did to Terry? Doctor’s couldn’t trace what she’d used on him.”
    “Stuck a needle between his toes. What is it with people murdering their own dads?”
    “To be fair he was never a dad to her. He was just the sicko who sold her to a pair of paedos.”
    “Yeah, I suppose.”
    “We could make it look like Katia had a heart attack or a stroke or something. Jared can’t come after us for that and she won’t be able to go blabbing.”
    “You think we can trust Jules to do this?”
    “Not a hundred percent, but she impressed Grant when she removed the remaining three members of Lucifer’s Shadow.”
    “She might be ruthless enough to have used them to further her own cause.”
    “You don’t trust your own sister?”
    “Do you trust her?”
    “Not yet. Not until I know about Leighton Parker.”
    “Why don’t you let that lie? Talking about him is a fucking torture for her, anyone can see that.”
    “I don’t think he’s dead.”
    “Course he is. The second she found him she would have topped him, probably after a bit of torture first.”
    “I think he’s still alive and she’s keeping him in the Parker house.”
    Jez spluttered into his drink. “You’re fucking joking?”
    “Wish I was mate.”
    “That’s got to be the freakiest thing I’ve ever heard. He went missing twenty years ago.”
    “I don’t think she’s had him all that time. He did a runner but she tracked him down.”
    “No Mikey, you’re way off, I’m sure.”
    “You mean you hope.”
    “Yeah actually, I do. Shit, if she’s got him locked up in the cellar of that house…”
    “It could land on us. If someone finds out about him she’ll get nicked then they’ll start looking into her life, which includes us.”
    “What do you think