Conservative Party who’d been tipped for the top, and whose right-wing views resonated with the general public. It seemed a pity that Crossman had to die, because his views resonated with Frank’s as well, but for a hundred and fifty grand he wasn’t going to shed any tears. Third from the left was Tim Horton. He was wearing the two-piece suit he’d had on in the hotel room earlier. The buttons were done up, but Frank could just make out the telltale bulge of the explosives. Tim looked tense and his cheeks were flushed, but he was acting normally, at least on the face of it. Frank felt his breathing getting faster as he realized the full enormity of what he was about to do. He was going to make history. Tomorrow every one of the world’s media outlets would lead with this story. It was an incredible feeling.
The door to the meeting room opened and Matt Cohen, the man Tim Horton was here to kill, walked in, accompanied by a security guard.
Without taking his eyes off the screen, he reached into his pocket for the mobile phone.
The clock on the screen said 10.57.
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