The voice laughed again. ‘Do you think you are buying cheap fish from a child in the market? Send us one brother, then, and we will send you one hundred passengers. But the pilot and your husband must come with us to another country. We will set them free later.’
Helen looked at Colonel Carter. There was the beginning of a smile on her face. She could see that he agreed with her. She waited for a moment longer, to worry the hijacker.
‘Is it agreed, woman? Or do I kill your husband now?’
‘I agree. I will send your first brother to you in ten minutes.’
Carl felt his broken tooth with his tongue. The door of the Captain’s cabin was open and he could see the bearded hijacker sitting inside. He had a long nose and dark hair and his eyes looked green from the light of the instruments in the dark cabin. He held his gun near his mouth and touched it gently with his lips as he waited.
