Dig Your Own Hole (4/9) By Joe Hakim

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Eventually Geoff said, "What? We can't do that..." "Look, there's a lot of money riding on this project," I said. "Chris and I feel it would be...beneficial to ignore what we've found and carry on, I mean, no one knew that the graves were there, otherwise they wouldn't have let us start work in the first place." "That's fuckin' wrong, in so many ways," one of the lads said. "I know it's little...unorthodox, but it's something we have to do." All the lads started muttering amongst themselves. I knew then I would have to break it down into terms they would understand.

"You'll all receive a bonus for, shall we say, distress, and we'll get a priest to came and bless the ground or whatever it is they need to do and everyone will be happy," I said, hoping they wouldn't notice the whole priest thing was a bit of bullshit I had just conjured up. "I still don't like it," said Geoff. "It's like this fellas - we all need to eat. We halt this thing now and who knows when we'll be working again. You guys want to get this finished as much as I do, so let's just crack on."

There was another silence, before Geoff continued, "Well, whatever you say boss." The lads got up and started filing out of the cabin. Nearly every one of them glared at me like I was piece of shit as they left, and I did feel like a complete bastard as I picked up my phone and rang Chris. "It's Mike," I said when he picked up. "It's done, we're back on track." I was feeling thoroughly depressed when I left work so I decided to get a bit pissed in the local before I went home. I didn't feel like another row with Jenny, so I ignored all her calls. Fuck it, I thought, let her think I'm fucking someone else for a change.

Eventually I made my way home. As I wobbled up the stairs to my flat, I started to get this feeling that something was wrong. When I reached the landing, I saw Jenny sat on the floor outside of the flat, holding her head in her hands. "Hey, what's going on?" I shouted down the hall. She slowly raised her head up and I could see she'd been crying. "What is it baby?" "Where the fuck have you been?" she sobbed. I ran over and almost fell on my arse as I bent down to comfort her. "I just needed a quick drink after work," I said.

"There's something in the flat," she whispered. "I've been sat out here for over an hour." "What is it? Has some fucker broken in?" I stood up and straightened my jacket, and then I slowly opened the door and peered inside. I looked around for some kind of object I could use as a weapon. The nearest thing to hand was a vase, so I picked it up and dropped the plastic flowers it contained on the floor. The adrenaline was flowing through me, but I was still pissed. "Is there some fucker in there?" I shouted. There was no reply.

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