Chapter 22

Timmy leaned back as he put mental finishing touches to his plan. He had to be careful, otherwise failure would be certain. He ran over the main points over and over again until he was satisfied that it was fool-proof. Then he jumped off his chair and left his office, locking the door behind him. He had not moved five paces away from his office door when he heard a familiar voice say, "Okay. Bye bye." His first instinct was to hide, but there was nowhere to take cover in the vicinity. Going back to his office was not feasible. The fact that he could hear her meant that she was about to turn the corner which would give her a full view of his office. As he stood there, turning round and walking back and forth in his indecision, she came into view. "You wanted to hide from me, abi?", she questioned, eyeing him suspiciously. "What! No! Why would I wanna do that? I was just trying to uh... think of something I might have forgotten." "Whatever. Come and attend to