That was part of the problem

"Yes. That was part of the problem. He likes to say no to me."
"Well, you'll find him a chastened man. He's had a phone call from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sounds comical, doesn't it, but he's in charge of the Cabinet Office briefing room, which we call COBRA. In other words, he's the antiterrorism supremo. Your ex must have jumped out of his bed as if it was on fire."
"Don't waste your sympathy, he doesn't deserve it."
"Since then, he's heard from my boss, another life-enhancing experience. The poor sod is on his way to you with a snowplow."
"I'd rather have the snowplow without Frank."
"He's had a hard time, be nice to him."
"Yeah, right," said Toni.
Chapter 34
3:45 AM
DAISY was shivering so much she could hardly hold the ladder. Elton climbed the rungs, grasping a pair of garden shears in one frozen hand. The exterior lamps shone through the filter of falling snow. Kit watched from the garage door, his teeth chattering. Nigel was in the garage, arms wrapped around the burgundy leather briefcase.
The ladder was propped up against the side of Steepfall. Telephone wires emerged at the corner of the house and ran at roof height to the garage. From there, Kit knew, they connected with an underground pipe that ran to the main road. Severing the cables here would cut off the entire property from telephone contact. It was just a precaution, but Nigel had insisted, and Kit had found ladder and shears in the garage.
Kit felt as if he were in a nightmare. He had known that tonight's work would be dangerous, but in his worst moments he had never anticipated that he would be standing outside his family home while a gangster cut the phone lines and a master thief clutched a case containing a virus that could kill them all.
Elton took his left hand off the ladder, balancing cautiously, and held the shears in both hands. He leaned forward, caught a cable between the blades, pressed the handles together, and dropped the shears.
They landed points-down in the snow six inches from Daisy, who let out a yell of shock.
"Hush!" Kit said in a stage whisper.
"He could have killed me!" Daisy protested.
"You'll wake everyone!"
Elton came down the ladder, retrieved the shears, and climbed up again.
They had to go to Luke and Lori's cottage and take the Toyota Land Cruiser, but Kit knew they could not go immediately. They were nearly falling down with exhaustion. Worse, Bat was not sure he could find Luke's place. He had almost lost his way looking for Steepfall. The snow was falling as hard as ever,fake uggs boots. If they tried to go on now,Link, they would get lost or die of exposure or both. They had to wait until the blizzard eased, or until daylight gave them a better chance of finding their way. And, to make absolutely sure no one could find out that they were here, they were cutting off the phones.
This time, Elton succeeded in snipping the lines,fake ugg delaine boots. As he came down the ladder, Kit picked up the loose cable ends,ladies rolex datejusts, twisted them into a bundle, and draped them against the garage wall where they were less conspicuous.
Elton carried the ladder into the garage and dropped it. It clanged on the concrete floor. "Try not to make so much noise!" Kit said.