CHAPTER 14
osh swaggered into the diner in his usual arrogant way.He
was wearing posh designer labels and felt that he was better than everyone
else.He was rich and successful in every thing except love.His idea of
lovewas that it was a commodity to be bought
by the highest bidder.He had thought that he loved Dani Sutherland , but she
had too much baggage , too many hang-ups , what with the Kane thing and family
problems and he had grown weary and impatient with her .Why couldn't she put
him first?He had tried to buy Hayley's love , but she had seen through him too,
and was now happy with Alex.Josh remembered a time when he had been popular in
the bay , but that was a long time ago and since then his ruthless business
dealings had made most people despise him.
He strolled into the diner as if he owned it , truth being
he had tried to buy it but Alf had stopped him , and stopped dead in his tracks
.What the hell was HE doing in here.He stopped and sneered at Kane , hatred
bubbling to the surface , that scum was the beginning of his problems with Dani
and Josh hated him with a vengeance./p
pKane tensed when he saw Josh , he remembered him as "the
dude in the surf club" and wondered why he was now dressed like a million
dollar business man./p
p"I see you let any scum in here now Alf , even rapist
criminals" , he sneered./p
pKane ignored him although he was getting angry, heknew he
was still weak and not ready for a fight.Josh knew it too , which is why he
pushed his luck./p
p"I heard about what happened and if you ask me Rhys
Sutherland deserves a medal , shame you didn't die and do us all a favour./p
pAlf started to come through from the kitchen , he didn't
like Josh and was hoping there would be no trouble./p
pStill Kane ignored Josh./p
p"Your brother had the right idea , trying to get you
killed.What sort of a scum family do you come from Kane , a pack of animals
trying to kill each other."/p
pStill Kane ignored Josh./p
pJosh continued to push his luck./p
p"And as for that little slut Kirsty."/p
pJosh's luck just ran out , at the mention of Kirsty's name
he reacted./p
p"What did you just call Kirsty?Take it back!"/p
pJosh smirked as Kane rose to his feet ./p
p"Make me scum!" he pulled back his arm and aimed a blow at
Kane, but even in his weakened state survival instincts took over.Fighting was
second nature to Kane.He came from a world of violence where you learnt to
defend yourselfyoung , and Josh's posh upbringing was no match./p
pKane easily blocked the punch and countered with a perfect
punch to Josh's large nose , a tempting target just waiting to be hit./p
pJosh fell to the ground blood spirting from his nose and
mouth , shocked at Kane's strength and speed.He had heard that Kane was still
ill and thought he would beat him easily/p
pAlf grabbed Josh by the scruff and ejected him from the
diner, "and don't flaming come back!" he shouted./p
pJosh retrieved his hanky from his pocket and mopped the
blood from his nose.He vowed to have his revenge.That common ignorant scum was
not going to get the better of him!/p
pInside the diner Kane swayed on his feet , it had taken the
last of his strength to hit Josh, but he had asked for it -no one insulted
Kirsty , not while Kane was around./p
pAlf helped him to sit down.Kane was looking terribly pale
and Alf was concerned./p
p"Are you allright , mate?", he asked./p
p"Yeah , no worries," Kane replied , but Alf could see that
he was not./p
p"Come on son , I'll take you back to Irene's .No arguments ,
you've had enough excitement for one day, you're supposed to be resting."/p
p"Sorry about all the trouble.." Kane started to apologise./p
p"No need to apologise Kane , ALF interrupted him , best
thing I've seen for a long time!"/p
pAnd they both burst out laughing! ./p
osh swaggered into the diner in his usual arrogant way.He
was wearing posh designer labels and felt that he was better than everyone
else.He was rich and successful in every thing except love.His idea of
lovewas that it was a commodity to be bought
by the highest bidder.He had thought that he loved Dani Sutherland , but she
had too much baggage , too many hang-ups , what with the Kane thing and family
problems and he had grown weary and impatient with her .Why couldn't she put
him first?He had tried to buy Hayley's love , but she had seen through him too,
and was now happy with Alex.Josh remembered a time when he had been popular in
the bay , but that was a long time ago and since then his ruthless business
dealings had made most people despise him.
He strolled into the diner as if he owned it , truth being
he had tried to buy it but Alf had stopped him , and stopped dead in his tracks
.What the hell was HE doing in here.He stopped and sneered at Kane , hatred
bubbling to the surface , that scum was the beginning of his problems with Dani
and Josh hated him with a vengeance./p
pKane tensed when he saw Josh , he remembered him as "the
dude in the surf club" and wondered why he was now dressed like a million
dollar business man./p
p"I see you let any scum in here now Alf , even rapist
criminals" , he sneered./p
pKane ignored him although he was getting angry, heknew he
was still weak and not ready for a fight.Josh knew it too , which is why he
pushed his luck./p
p"I heard about what happened and if you ask me Rhys
Sutherland deserves a medal , shame you didn't die and do us all a favour./p
pAlf started to come through from the kitchen , he didn't
like Josh and was hoping there would be no trouble./p
pStill Kane ignored Josh./p
p"Your brother had the right idea , trying to get you
killed.What sort of a scum family do you come from Kane , a pack of animals
trying to kill each other."/p
pStill Kane ignored Josh./p
pJosh continued to push his luck./p
p"And as for that little slut Kirsty."/p
pJosh's luck just ran out , at the mention of Kirsty's name
he reacted./p
p"What did you just call Kirsty?Take it back!"/p
pJosh smirked as Kane rose to his feet ./p
p"Make me scum!" he pulled back his arm and aimed a blow at
Kane, but even in his weakened state survival instincts took over.Fighting was
second nature to Kane.He came from a world of violence where you learnt to
defend yourselfyoung , and Josh's posh upbringing was no match./p
pKane easily blocked the punch and countered with a perfect
punch to Josh's large nose , a tempting target just waiting to be hit./p
pJosh fell to the ground blood spirting from his nose and
mouth , shocked at Kane's strength and speed.He had heard that Kane was still
ill and thought he would beat him easily/p
pAlf grabbed Josh by the scruff and ejected him from the
diner, "and don't flaming come back!" he shouted./p
pJosh retrieved his hanky from his pocket and mopped the
blood from his nose.He vowed to have his revenge.That common ignorant scum was
not going to get the better of him!/p
pInside the diner Kane swayed on his feet , it had taken the
last of his strength to hit Josh, but he had asked for it -no one insulted
Kirsty , not while Kane was around./p
pAlf helped him to sit down.Kane was looking terribly pale
and Alf was concerned./p
p"Are you allright , mate?", he asked./p
p"Yeah , no worries," Kane replied , but Alf could see that
he was not./p
p"Come on son , I'll take you back to Irene's .No arguments ,
you've had enough excitement for one day, you're supposed to be resting."/p
p"Sorry about all the trouble.." Kane started to apologise./p
p"No need to apologise Kane , ALF interrupted him , best
thing I've seen for a long time!"/p
pAnd they both burst out laughing! ./p