Death Waits For No Man Part 1

I have finished the 1st draft of my James Bond short tale, it shall be posted in 7 parts one each day this week.

So please enjoy the first part of ‘Death waits for no man’

Prologue

Monday

The espresso was delivered to the table at the same time each day, at 9.24 it had to be in the same place every day, a sleepy and exclusive road on the side of Mont Bataille just off the route de la tete chien.

At 9.27 a tall slender man, sporting a suit from Seville row and a panama hat would walk into the café with a newspaper under his left arm and without glancing at the staff or customers quietly talking amongst themselves in this secluded location in the hills of Monaco. He moves with the arrogance of the counts and carries himself well, the more experience staff are aware of what that means in this area. The waiters know about the man in so much that they know his routine and that it should not be changed. These instructions came from the owner and the waiters are wise enough not to question some orders. So as part of the instructions no money is ever to change hands and none of the barista's should ever talk to the man in the hat. His table was positioned in a private room at great expense on the second floor of popular cafe, facing out across the bay and with a view of Monte Carlo which is with 20 million francs according to the latest offer. His stay in the café will be brief always 7 minutes and his gaze will not leave the view once, even with the newest waitress dropping coffee in the lap of a female patron will distract him from the view. 9.34 And the coffee drank and the door closes quietly as the man has left again. Three minutes pass in the distance sirens can be heard in the harbour, as the staff move to see police and ambulance services converging on the Cathédrale de Monaco and with the help of binoculars the scene can be viewed easily from balcony. The radio was reporting that the ex governor Trench of Hong Kong visiting on a private holiday and another man had suffered an assignation attempt and it is unclear was to their current conditions.

The tall man never returned to the café and his espresso was left un-drank.

Chapter 1 will be posted tomorrow, and this is a Cathédrale de Monaco as mentioned in the story.