Clubs and Gold Girls

By Paul Stansby

A spy story more in the British avant-garde style, centres around a group of ladies with pots of gold buying up top flight football clubs around Europe, by doing so they're being scrutinised by some intelligent services. Appeal for teenagers are there's a number of eighteen to nineteen aged old characters in the stories.
No drugs but sex trafficking, kidnapping and mafia are in fray along with a lots of yachts and speed boats. It all takes place in Corfu, Paxos, Malta ,Sicily, Tunisia, Naples and Corsica. Prior downloads to Feb 14 2021 need to be replaced by the latest version, I found the 2018 files on my laptop to be corrupted .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Stansby
• Release date: Feb 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005373603

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Part One

      Chapter one  An Independent Surveillance Agency in London

‘Where have you surfaced from Tony’

‘Siberia, Malcolm’

‘Ah, we sent your double out’

‘Where?’

‘Corfu if he made it, the others did but no doubt he could be checking out your entourage of women on the way, you’re a busy guy’

‘The greeks don’t pose any threat, or is it the Albanians, they’re into bullets, bombs and the odd missile that goes there way’

‘So in-between the sheets was good with the Russians, seems to be your favourite haunt nowadays’

‘A lot of time was spent under them, interrogating’

‘Yes, there’s a fare selection of Colonels of the fairer sex to manipulate you with pillow talk, each trying of you trying to lead the other on, rather sixties approach’

‘Proved and tested’

‘It was then, off with the bra and panties and all was revealed apparently’

‘An easy approach, espionage with no frills attached’

‘So this a group of manipulative women have taken to buying up football clubs as in soccer to infiltrate countries and work there way to the core of the countries workings with the clubs they’ve selected’

‘An entertaining approach, very lucrative one as well so there’s a concern among the status quo who are worried about a world controlled by women’

‘Totally’

‘ A threat to national security ’

‘ There’s no secrets ’

‘ Are there ever with women ’

  ‘There’s certain faction that don’t like it, they feel over exposed and with the possibility too much control brought on by ownership of a number of clubs could lead the country into disarray’

‘They might be genuine’

‘The likelihood of that is little, all the other agents who have gone down to sparsely populated island north of Corfu have succumbed to the women’

‘Most likely have them twisted around their fingers, so being buried under the sheets in the Ukraine was of use’

‘I thought it was Siberia’

‘I was side tracked, so I’m the wrong sex to be of service to this investigation, infiltration would be necessary’

‘You’re going to go in as an eccentric financier with two wayward daughters, who like the high life and footballers, south of Corfu these women have set up an exclusive resort on the island of Paxos with a Casino where the footballers fritter away their money’

‘One way of recouping their wages which must be considerable if what we’re lead to believe is true and not sensationalism to impress the press and fans, so some rounds of black jack and baccarat by my skilled hands are required’

‘Yes Miss Stevens will introduce you to the girls’

‘They’re housebroken are they, or have you just pulled out of the local rehab centre with all the budget cuts’

On the intercom ‘Miss Stevens can you bring Stacey and Miriam’

On the intercom ‘Yes sir, won’t be moment’

‘Ah good afternoon Miss Stevens, Stacey and Miriam’

‘You gotta be kidding me, even the Albanians would take these two to put on the white slave market, not Harem suitable at all

‘Tony’

‘Yes Miss Stevens’

‘They’re just a little rough the edges’

‘You certainly wouldn’t loose them on a moonlight night, more piercings than a punk rocker how do they look in bikinis, oh right I wasn’t ready for that, your one step ahead of me and you’re on the hard sell Miss Stevens, okay body wise they’ve got it for sure, just how do these two get through airport security?’

‘You’re driving, budget cuts, no plane and you’ll need all the tricks along with you for this one, you two can slip your dresses back on’

‘Clever dresses’

‘Beach gear for girls Tony, one clip top right and they just slide right off, you can come round and I’ll give you a demonstration on how to do it’

‘I think I can figure that one out Miss Stevens, so in my twilight years of espionage I’ve become a dad, any attributes you two have’

‘We can drink most under the table’

‘Keep your name necklaces on then if you have them, so people know your names when there ordering you a taxi to go home, how old are you two?’

‘Eighteen’

‘What’s their role, rather spoils my scene having two girls in tow’

‘You’re going to have to behave at last Tony’

‘Indeed Miss Stevens, these are no femme fatales for sure nor dusky mysterious desirable maidens either, one thing they could polish up well with all their piercings’

‘They’ve got a full girls wardrobe to attract football players’

‘At least I won’t be seeing much or them’

‘Oh they’ve got the full Casino regalia, which looks impressive on them with their young girls figures’

‘Alluring to the players Miss Stevens, card and soccer, so what old banger have you unearthed for me with all the budget cuts sir’

‘An army Landrover, with a new economical engine fitted and you're towing the boat’

‘I thought that blew up according to the news reports’

‘That was prototype, more hulls were made from the moulding, so we got hold of one and this one you’re taking has been tooled up, also a full set of camping gear for the islands as you’re an adventure holiday with your supposed daughters, plus there’s little accommodation on these islands’

‘Real budget cuts least it takes these away from the temptation of the mini bar, Paxos appears to have adequate accommodation, I’m just looking online to its whereabouts’

‘You’ll be staying on Anti Paxos that hasn’t and the exclusive Casino is there, the Soccer players arrive there in their power boats from the mainland and Italy’

‘High end rollers, do I get to keep the winnings this time?’

‘I’ll turn a blind eye as you’re roughing it and no string of ladies following you around as your associated perk’

‘How about these Gold Girls or Ladies?’

‘All the body doubles of the agents were sent, just to clarify that point as I wasn’t specific before, and the number is now nine that go out in the field, are all we believe on an island north of Corfu, the Gold Girls are reputed to have hypnotic powers’

‘Or have succumbed to their charms with money attached, so now the doubles could be double agents, a tricky one for if they’ve been hypnotised most likely they’ll think there the real ones’

‘Yes they could have turned that way, so you'll have to interrogate them so we’ve got some new clever substance, top secret’

‘Of course it is’

‘Oh its a remarkable truth serum, hopefully you’ll administer it to the Gold Girls as well’

‘Makes us out to be the bad guys drugging Ladies, any side effects with this serum?’

‘You’ll find out’

‘Not a lot if they start barking like dogs or gibbering like monkeys as its a serum so you’ll have blended with an animals blood no doubt for it to take effect quickly’

‘The Monkeys are okay, there still gibbering away and not in any known language’

‘Okay, usual place to pick up all the gear’

‘Yes’

‘I’ll bid you good day sir, Miss Stevens as always a pleasure’

      He makes for the door

      ‘Tony’

‘Yes Miss Stevens’

‘You’re forgetting the girls’

‘Hah, I thought I might get away with that if I went out fast’

‘Oh no, they go with you, their biometric passports will be with all the gear you pick up tomorrow’

‘So where do these two sleep tonight’

‘In your bed, you can manage on the couch for once, you need to get to familiar with each other’

‘Totally cramping my style, they have pyjamas’

‘There backpacks are in the outer office’

‘Backpacks?’

‘They’re teenage girls’

‘Uh huh, okay, time for retirement after this escapade, I’ll be realising my age with these two around, I must fleece this Casino in Greece for no doubt with budget cuts the pension will be reduced’

      Chapter Two. Igoumenista, the Greek mainland

‘That took an age from Ancona and now we have the delights of another ferry to this island’

‘That’s okay, you’re saying we’re going to a marina called Gouvia’

‘Yes for this boat we’re towing, there’s only the one’

‘Good’

‘I’m glad that’s agreeable, your lifelines to civilisation have found something good Stacey’

‘Hot boys, that football celebs couple elder two, our age’

‘They’ve a yacht by any chance’

‘Huge’

‘Instant infiltration onto the soccer scene if you can entice them, going to be choosy boys if they’ve mega rich parents, or at least celebrity rich’

‘Too right, we’ll fit in well with them’

‘At least you two have found a part to play in this somewhat obscure mission’

‘Just to check out some sinister folks isn’t it?’

‘Yes it is, I suppose that’s the basis of all my missions, unveil the possibilities of more serious events occurring to endanger persons and countries, now lets get on this smaller ferry’

‘We’re on mainland Greece?’

‘We are Miriam, one ferry to another as you’ve gathered, a nation of many islands, a good place to operate illegitimate businesses from and they say Greece has a problem collecting taxes which makes total sense’

‘Lots of places to hang out with beaches’

‘Oh yes Miriam, I think you could easily have a tax free existence with these remote islands, you’d easily spot a raid in time to cover your activities up’

‘This boat is attracting a lot interest’

‘It is, photographs this will be circulating around all the islands, has a certain stealth like appearance, the top slides over and seals so you can hide underwater, I don’t think the local coastguard have these here’

‘Can we learn to scuba dive?’

‘Make the most of this trip, I suppose why not, these places we’re going are holiday islands, very popular with the Italians as well as the Albanians

‘So lots of drugs, cheap cigarettes, cheap booze and great food, we love pasta’

‘A teenagers paradise and for some others too Stacey, an army is needed to keep the lid on a haven like this we’re going to. No doubt why these Gold Ladies selected it, an immensely popular place and everybody fits in with a crowd’

‘Rather like a soccer crowd’

‘Yes, so easy to hide in a crowd Stacey, good point and we’re going on this ferry, oh no, he’s signalling I’ve got to reverse up the ramp with this rig, the boat is nine metres long, no way’

‘I can do this’

‘Really Miriam’

‘I grew up on a farm, I can reverse any trailer, I went to the bright lights for an exciting life’

‘Any reason’

‘My mother got terminal cancer so my father hung himself, so the farm got let out and I got put into a foster home at fourteen, so I got really messed up’

‘Ah, you should have some money coming in, a healthy bank account somewhere’

‘Oh the money coming goes to pay the tax which was a lot with both parents going and I don’t have access to the shares they had I was told at fourteen till I’m twenty-five, they did the gift but didn’t make the seven years for the tax allowance, just two of them’

‘I’m pretty much sure they’ve changed the age till eighteen years old, okay it’s all yours, we’ll watch’

        Miriam reverses the rig up the ramp

      ‘She had no problem with that so you’ve a similar story’

‘No I’m simple, just an abandoned baby so foster homes and foster parents and met up with Miriam at fourteen’

‘The three of us have one in common, we’re all orphans, okay lets get on this ferry as she’s getting out with looks of disbelief from the ferrymen’ 

‘Oh that’ll be on you tube, she was cool’

‘Not so secret this modern world’

      Chapter Three Corfu

‘Ah left hand drive here, can one of you hang out of the window, this is a slow beast and I need to pull out and can’t see a thing and this lot drive like there in a car chase’

‘Will do’

‘What are you doing?’

‘Tops coming off, otherwise we’ll be here an age and I want to pee, I couldn’t go on the ferry, my tits will stop the traffic’

‘Good idea you have great tits Miriam’

‘No inhibitions at your ages, yep that certainly worked, everything has come to a standstill on both sides of the road and cell phones are out, this must be the most exposed mission ever’

‘Good Cliche Tony, very in keeping, also good when that hits you tube for these fit boys at this Gouvia Marina will no doubt see it’

‘It’s not far, I’ve instructions to got to the large gate to get in, its very hot here, these old crates just have flaps up at the dashboard for cooling’

‘May be all right if this thing did more than fifty, just a hot breeze anyway, where did this come from?

‘The war’

‘Eh?’

‘The last one, well the design did not sure on this vehicle’

‘You spy guys in the films normally have flash cars, Lotus, Lamborghini, Maserati, Aston Martin and BMW’

‘Cut backs nowadays, you know your cars Stacey’

‘Oh yes I used to help one of my foster parents boost them, it was easy for me to pick a pocket or two at five years old, so car keys were a cinch, so get the keys, go to the car park, press the car opener to find the car and off we go’

‘Enterprising foster parents, so I expect they went to jail eventually’

‘Oh yes, my first foster mother taught me to pick pockets real well, I’ve three wallets here off the ferry’

‘I think we better anonymously part company with those at the marina, drop them in at the coast guards office if there’s one’

‘Ah one is off a lady who had a pepper, she might be a Gold Lady, she looked real fancy’

‘Pepper?’

‘Porsche Suv’

‘I’ll check it out or rather her out’

‘Hot stuff and your age, Italian looking, lovely dogs, that wallet was a cinch to lift for she left her bag to get the dogs some water’

‘That would be too tempting to resist for you, okay can you look on your phones and find me the entrance, I’ve got a note about a venetian ship yard’

‘Will do’

        Chapter Four Gouvia Marina

‘This place is untouched by austerity measures, a world of its own’

‘Its cool, lovely cafes ah there’s that women with the dogs’

‘Okay while I’ll distract her Stacey you slip her wallet back in her bag, easy for you’

‘Oh yeah, why don’t you’

‘Not one of my skills, she’s most likely not missed it yet, her purse is out on the table with her phone’

‘Well you get in action mister smoothy, sweep her off her feet’

‘I’ll do just that, just watch’

      Tony goes over the cafe the girls follow and sit down at the table next door, Tony engages in conversation, the waitress come over for the order and makes a fuss of the dogs while the lady is looking at the list of cocktails Stacey leans over drops her phone on the ground and whilst picking it up deftly slips the wallet back in her bag. Tony recommends a cocktail to the lady which she orders, the girls look on bemused and they order burger chips and a beer when the waitress comes to them.

Tony continues in conversation with the lady and the girls check the internet on their phones after twenty minutes Tony leaves with the lady paying the girls tab at the bar.

      ‘Macho man cracked it, have you got the keys?’

‘Of course, too easy, lets get our cases and change then find these boys’ 

‘As we’re next to the marina office lets check out where their boat is, I’ve the name of it’

‘Okay’

      They go in the office and come back out.

      ‘So how do we get to that, its at anchor out in some bay three miles away’

‘Ah maybe not so difficult here’s mum arriving outside with their younger sisters, I’ll just ask, hi we’re looking for Butch and Stucci.

      She peers over her glasses,

      ‘English girls their age, fantastic, and look the part with all your piercings, they’re into grunge and punk at the moment, rebellious youths who can afford to be rebellious, I’ll just phone them, no I’ll phone the captain for they rarely take a call off me, nagging mums and all that, but you know all about that’

‘We’ve no mums, or dads for that matter’

‘Orphans?’

‘Yes, but we’re with a chaperone but he’s just gone off’

‘Good you’ll be able to go clubbing till six am no problem, I’ll just phone hi yes its Mrs Golden Balls, I heard that in the background, Captain, yes you send the boys over there’s a couple a girls here that fit their criteria spot on. Where, the captain-ere, am I ready? Of course, just going to Stavento's for a cocktail so take your time the girls want an ice cream.’

‘Thanks’

‘No thank you, they’re so difficult at the moment; the over dressed, over made up little sweet hearts that look divine are so dreadfully boring to them, like their father, more at home in London’s East End with a bit of rough and a load of beer, not inferring you are rough, but you look the business, so a good image for them’

‘We were going to change’

‘No you’re perfect, posh is not for them unlike me of course, excellent, can you just help with the shopping bags, dresses for the girls, a little splash out, love having little girls to dress up, thanks, yes that one is heavy, getting into baking, its becoming a celeb thing so must have a bash, ballroom dancing didn’t get too far’

      Chapter Five Stavento’s Cafe

‘Here they are, wow, this is good’

‘Sure beats stacking shelves In ASDA, so what do we do, they’ll ask’

‘Espionage, trainee operatives in the surveillance department sounds goods’

‘Yeah being nosey sums that’s up, hi I’m Stacey’

‘I’m Miriam, we know who you are of course’

‘Cocktails or do you girls drink beers

‘Ooh beers please Stucci’

‘Butch, four beers, this place is best around here, where we hang most, over the top girls mostly and the lads are envious as hell as we’ve celeb mum and dads, so you’re on holiday?

‘Supposed to me, it’s a secret’

‘Enlighten me’

‘We’re spying’

‘On us?’

‘Oh no the Golden Girls well ladies on an island near here, we’ve come with a real one, as in the movies’

‘Ah secret service’

‘Sort of, we were incognito in the bar before with the spy man for he was after a date’

‘Forty-five year old woman with dogs always on the look out for a man, she’s a big yacht in the Marina, mum has afternoon cocktails with her. She comes along in her launch’

‘I thought cocktails were more of an evening thing’

‘Not here, morning, lunchtime and afternoon as well, ah the beers Butch, so you go clubbing’

‘Not yet, we’d love too’

‘Good, we do, not that much, there’s a new club opened up last week so must try it’

‘Yeah we don’t do much, just swim, sail, beach, clubbing, computer games and films, our parents have done it all so we’ve awesome trusts, anything we earn we pay forty five per cent back so spending it is more fun than contributing more’

‘The