Bytown e2c10: There Is No Elsewhere

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“Oi, wha’ you doin’ down there, Kelly?” laughed one of the Scotsmen, a scoundrel named Roland, moving around to Liam’s back, pushing down with his knee. “Havin’ trouble standing, are ye?”

Liam took a shaky breath. “I haven’t forgotten,” he said.

“Forgo’en? Forgo’en wha’?” asked Roland.

“The money I owe you.”

“Oh!” said Roland, and laughed to his three friends. “Aye, the money. The money you--” He stabbed his knee down harder. “--owe--” and again. “--us.”

Liam nodded, submissive. “It’s just a bit tricky right now, with--”

Roland grabbed him by the collar and dragged him upright, leaned close to his ear and snarled: “It’s always tricky for you lot. Tha’s how we got t’where we are, isn’t it?”