Free Race by Bethany Walkers Page A

came. I'm confused! Look through all of these photographs and tell me which one is the best. 'Cause, you know, when he's dead, we're gonna have to give a decent photograph to the papers, aren't we? Then the headline will be something like 'I'll never forget my beautiful brother.'"
     
    Chantelle stared at him, folding her arms. "That'll all happen later. The thing is, how are you going to kill Noah?"
     
    "What are you talking about?" Ronan laughed. "Do you think I'm going to kill my older brother? I need the one hundred million dollar insurance, you crazy girl. Noah's going to have to die in an accident."
     
    "But how?" Chantelle pushed on.
     
    "Ha ha ha ha! You wanna know my plan, huh?"  Ronan chuckled. "Actually, it's pretty simple. This Sunday when Noah comes back from Cape Town, I'll go to the office terrace to make a drama about committing suicide. From that point, at exactly six o'clock, I'll give him a phone call. And I'll say to him, brother, I've finally found out, that my wife was having an affair with you! And to stop anything else from happening, I'm going to commit suicide. The poor bastard loves me a lot. As soon as he hears me saying this, he'll come to the terrace straight away. And when he attempts to save me, you'll come and give him a push. He'll lose his balance and fall over - and our bank balance will fly up!"
     
    Chantelle grinned at him in approval.
     
     
    CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
    TELLING NOAH
     
     
    "The plan is brilliant. First you marry the brother's girlfriend, then you make up all this drama about the alcohol, and then you get me to have an affair with your brother again. And then finally, there's the suicide drama. And then an accident." Chantelle explained Ronan's plan to Noah. The truth was that she'd been on Noah's side all along, but had played Ronan's part to get more information off him.
     
    "The plan is brilliant," Noah said, folding his arms. "Ronan's been taking care of every small thing. But he's forgotten one thing. I am his older brother."
     
    Chantelle smiled at Noah. "But what's your plan now?"
     
    "Ronan has put so much hard work into his plan,"  said Noah. "I don't want to make him upset by changing it all. The plan will stay just as it is. There'll only be one small change." He looked at Chantelle in the eyes. "I'm not going to be the one who's going to die.  He's going to be the one who's going to die."
     
    Noah picked up his phone. "Yeah, it's Noah here ... I'm going to Cape Town for two days ... I want to meet you."
     
    TWO DAYS LATER ...
     
    CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
    ARRIVAL
     
    "What is the status of the flight arriving from Cape Town?" Chantelle asked down the phone line. She sat down with Ronan. "Thank you," she finished, and dialled off the phone, and turned to Ronan. "Noah's flight has arrived."
     
    Ronan grinned. "The countdown begins."
     
    Noah and Alice drove out of the airport and back to Alice's house. Noah stopped the car when they arrived.
     
    Alice smiled at him. "These two days that I've spent in Cape Town with you, are two days that I will never forget." She paused as Noah smiled at her. "They were the most wonderful days of my life," she said softly.
     
    Noah gave her a warm smile. "Same here."
     
    "Bye," Alice smiled widely, getting her handbag, and departed from the car.
     
    "Bye," Noah replied, nodding, and just as he was about to rev up the car again and make his way back to the stud farm, his phone began to ring. He looked at the phone and the picture and saw that it was Ronan who was ringing him. Noah grinned to himself, and then looked at his watch. "Very punctual," he muttered. Sighing heavily, he answered the phone, trying to put as much enthusiasm as he could into his voice. "Hello brother!"
     
    "NOAH, YOU BASTARD! THE AFFAIR THAT CHANTELLE'S HAVING IS WITH YOU! I'VE FOUND OUT EVERYTHING, IT WAS YOU, YOU COCKROACH!" Ronan was yelling dramatically, trying to find the foulest words to shout down the line but got stuck with the word