'You don't think they'll come after you?'
'If they were going to do that they would have done it by now,' Matt answered. 'It was a black operation from start to finish. All off the books. If they brought me in it would create too many problems.'
'And Ivan never went after the money?' Gill asked.
Matt shook his head. 'Damien went to see him a few weeks ago. He's with his family, relaxing and recuperating. The wound to his head was a bad one, apparently. It took out a few slivers of brain, so the doctors said, but he had plenty to start with, so I don't suppose he'll miss it that much. Damien gave him his two million, and told him we'd buried the rest of it in the ground.'
Gill wrapped her arms around his shoulders, her lips playing with the back of his ear. 'We don't have to worry about that any more, and I'm grateful for that,' she said. 'We have a restaurant that's thriving, a new house that is nearly finished, and we're getting married in a few months' time. We have no worries in the world. I've never been happier.'
Matt paused. His eyes were dwelling on the City pages of the papers, some calculations running through his head. 'I don't know,' he said, his finger jabbing at a pair of different prices. 'I haven't checked for a few days – I didn't realise quite how terribly my portfolio was doing.'
He looked back towards Gill. 'Still, don't worry. I'm never going on another mission, no matter what happens. I'm staying right here with you.'
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