A story - part V (by Eliza)

The red bin reference worked as a wake-up call. There was no such thing as a red bin, was there? But it didn’t really matter; it was just a sign he needed to start asking the right questions. The truth was there wasn’t any evidence that those people would really have Katy with them. All that time he hadn’t even tried to reach her. Actually, she had warned him she would be unavailable until later that day due to work commitments. Why would someone ask him, of all people, for 100 000 euros? Everyone knew he didn’t have that sort of money. The few euro banknotes over the newspaper pieces in the bag were pretty much all his savings. He was getting suspicious, felt he couldn’t trust anybody. Maybe he should have contacted the gardai through official channels instead of going straight to his friend? Robert was having money problems. A few weeks ago he had heard him and his wife arguing about her shopping addiction and their credit card spending.