Dedrick kept the .45 down by his side, out of sight.
‘Come in and shut the door,’ he said.
Maxie gaped at me, changed colour, came into the room and shut the door.
‘What goes on here?’ he demanded.
Dedrick raised the gun and pointed it at Maxie’s paunch.
‘Did you give him the pass-key?’
Maxie glared at me.
‘If he said that, he’s lying. What are you pointing that gun at me for? Don’t you know it’s dangerous?’
‘It’ll probably be fatal,’ Dedrick said, and smiled.
Barratt moved silently up to Maxie and tapped him on the shoulder.