Those People Next Door
Chapter 6
Three days later, Salma gets call to go to restaurant, Bil there. Estate agent Stu comes along, cheap option, says he has to be elsewhere, there’s squatters. Bil and Salma go up to speak to them they grab and threaten Bil. Bil had a rough upbringing but downplays it.
Willa tells of how she and Tom actually met, in Gallery, Tom and his mates talk about her painting unknowing it was hers and says it’s not worth much. Invites her for a drink. Five months later she is expecting Jamie. He didn’t like her friends and she looked down on his. Willa is happy with Tom and Jamie.
Salma distracted in work, thinking of the squatters, police will sort it out ‘in time’. Back at home, Molly has been missing for one hour. Linda turns up.
Jamie calls at Zains, they got the funding from google for the app 30k in total, 15k in Jamies account. Zain wants to use some as reward for dog, Jamie refuses, there’s a budget. In school Raj was bullied for being poor and Zain didn’t. Zain annoyed and say’s “are you dumb as well as deaf?”
Salma installs cameras, Tom calls- unhappy they are pointing to his property. Linda appears. Salma – “Now you and Willa are unemployed the street should be safe”.
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