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Mickey straightened his tie as he looked in the mirror. He knew Emma was worried about him going to the nursing home but if Kirk was really about to sell there wasn't much time left. He picked up the fake ID Ash had made for him and put it in his pocket. The small plastic card looked authentic and once more he was left marvelling at just how good a forger the fixer really was.
"You ready for this?" Ash asked as Mickey nodded.
"Yeah. You? That ladybird thing ready to go?" Danny asked as Sean raised an eyebrow.
"That ladybird thing as you call it is a very rare and very beautiful creature that is currently facing extinction. And I. For one will be protesting outside the nursing home at three this afternoon. As will these pair and a dozen or so kids from the youth club."
"Kids?" Stacie smiled as she watched the color drain from Danny's face.
"Yeah. 'ad a word with Joanne and Debbie. Apparently the kids at the club are passionate about the environment. Especially the plight of the lesser known 13 spot ladybird. It was once feared extinct, you know but has since been found in Cornwall and now in the grounds of the Shades. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it."
"And this will work because?" Sean was beginning to wonder if his friends had lost the plot.
"Because the lesser known 13 spot ladybird is a protected species you plank. They can't destroy it's habitat by law."
"So he can't sell the Shades to any developers." Stacie smiled.
"Exactly." Mickey smiled back. He had a feeling that while the plan was insane it was probably going to work.
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Albert looked around the sitting room as the care assistants tried to tidy up around the various residents that were sat on the edge of the room. He was desperate for the con to be over; the nursing home was beginning to depress him. He walked across to the bay window and sighed. The rain had stopped but the tell-tale signs of workmen preparing to dig up the grounds were now more evident. A man in a yellow hard hat stared up at the roof before writing something down on his clipboard. Albert couldn't shake off the sense of pessimism that swept over him.
"Come on Mickey." He mumbled, hoping that his friends could come up with something soon.
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Emma ran a hand through her blonde hair as she stared at the computer screen. Kirk had been locked in his office for most of the morning and she knew a deal was in the offing. What she couldn't find out was when and where the deal was taking place. She pushed her chair away from the desk and wandered over to the window. The rain had stopped but the clouds threatened to provide another downpour. She shook her head and smiled as she saw Ash dressed in army combats and duffel coat wave a placard in the air with a picture of a ladybird on it. He was surrounded by teenagers and people she recognised from the local youth club they had helped out years ago. Smiling she shook her head and stepped toward the office door.
"Mr Kirk?"
"What!" She opened the door an inch or so, knowing he would be annoyed she had disturbed him.
"I think you want to see this." She answered sweetly. "Oh and that counsellor that called yesterday is here." She turned to see Mickey smiling at her. For the first time since they had agreed to take on Albert's mark she had a feeling it was going to be alright.
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