Bytown e2c10: There Is No Elsewhere

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“Oi, wha’ you doin’ down there, Kelly?” laughed one of the Scotsmen, a scoundrel named Roland, moving around to Liam’s back, pushing down with his knee. “Havin’ trouble standing, are ye?”
Liam took a shaky breath. “I haven’t forgotten,” he said.

“Forgo’en? Forgo’en wha’?” asked Roland.

“The money I owe you.”

“Oh!” said Roland, and laughed to his three friends. “Aye, the money. The money you—” He stabbed his knee down harder. “—owe—” and again. “—us.”

Liam nodded, submissive. “It’s just a bit tricky right now, with—”

Roland grabbed him by the collar and dragged him upright, leaned close to his ear and snarled: “It’s always tricky for you lot. Tha’s how we got t’where we are, isn’t it?”