Chapter 42
Ian Ventham is on his treadmill, listening to the audiobook of Richard Branson’s Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life and Business.
Ian doesn’t agree with Branson’s politics, far from it, but you have to admire the guy and admire what he’s achieved. One day Ian will write a book. He just needs a title that rhymes, and then he’ll get to work.
As Ian runs, he is thinking about the graveyard, and he’s thinking about Father Mackie.
He wouldn’t want anything to get out of hand there.
In the good old days he could have sent Tony Curran around to have a quiet word with him.
But Tony’s gone, and Ian is not going to dwell on that any more than Richard Branson would do. Branson would move on, and so will Ian.
The diggers are due to start in a week. Get the graveyard done first; that’s the tough bit, like eating your vegetables. Everything else will be a breeze.
The diggers are ready to go, the permits are signed off, Bogdan’s lined up a couple of drivers.
In fact, thinks Ian, what is he waiting for? What would Branson do? What would the one guy he likes on Dragons’ Den do?
They’d get on with it. Screw it, let’s do it.
Ian switches off the audiobook and, without breaking stride, rings Bogdan.