Heaven & Hell

Gabriel Swann walked down the stairs from the studios of Cawlin FM with a grin on his face. It had been good to see Jake Nankivill again. He’d known Jake even longer than he’d known Nick. They had been to nursery school together, and his abiding memory of that was fighting over the coloured toy record player. It appeared Jake had known what he wanted to do for a career even then. “How was that Dim?” he asked of his drum tech and escort for the day“Yeah that was good, you said everything you were supposed to about the film and the music, and Jake is good at interviewing, at least he knows not to ask personal questions unlike that other dimwit at SoGood FM, Nick looked like he wanted to strangle that idiot when he asked about you and his home life.”Gabriel shrugged “Always one.” “You ready to sign your

Amelia Ashton was having one of those days.She was dragging her wheeled suitcase up the pea gravelled drive of her new employer, which was rather more difficult than she ever imagined.Then she had to  fight with her umbrella in the gale force wind and then the teeming rain, which had poured down as if God was pouring a bucket of water directly over her which had ruined her long glossy hair frizzing it up and turning it into a rats nest within five seconds of getting out of the cab.The last straw had been the stupid pea gravel that got stuck in the wheels of her case and stopped dead almost dragging her arm out of the socket. Her hand slipped off the handle and she only just saved herself from face planting on the drive. That was all she needed, to be picking gravel from her chin in front of her new employer.Taking a took a deep calming breath “Keep c

 Nick pulled Gabriel back into the hall, “what the hell was all that about?” His voice was low, not wanting Millie to hear.Gabriel shook his head, “I’ve no idea, other than someone wants to meet us, someone that Amelia doesn’t want us to meet.”Nick pushed both his hands through his hair. He wasn’t expecting any kind of trouble from Amelia. It was frustrating when all he wanted to do was get to know her and enjoy her company and more if he could.“What the fuck! What do we do now?”“I’ll talk to her, you’ll just scare her to death.” Gabriel could see the frustration etched on Nick’s face and he smiled. He knew Nick expected everything to go his way, their way, and if it didn’t, he would just batter the opposition down until he got his way.Nick shrugged, “Gets results though.”