5 JUST AS A DROWNING MAN IS SAID TO SEE HIS LIFE PASS BEFORE HIS EYES, SO TOO WITH A FALLING MAN. JELLY’S MIND FLASHED BACK TO HOW THREE ESCAPED CONVICTS, HIMSELF, TITCH MOONEY AND SMILER DAWSON HAD ENCOUNTERED BRITISH AGENT GUY TENBY JUST BEFORE THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. AND HOW GUY HAD OFFERED THEM A DEAL TOO TEMPTING TO REFUSE.
I CAN GET US ALL OUT OF SINGAPORE BEFORE IT FALLS TO THE JAPS AND I CAN HAVE YOUR SLATES WIPED CLEAN. HELP ME AND I’LL HELP YOU!
WHAT ‘AVE WE GOT TO LOSE?
THE SIMPLE ANSWER WAS THEIR LIVES, AS THEY RACED AGAINST BOTH TIME AND THE INVADING JAPANESE TO PREVENT A PLOT TO PROLONG THE WAR BY A SECRET CARTEL OF BUSINESS LEADERS SEEKING TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS.
HANG ON!
I CAN’T LOOK!