0008145156 (N) by Cathy Glass

Author:Cathy Glass [Glass, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-09-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Doing the Right Thing

Joss attended the ice-skating class on Monday – I telephoned and checked – and when she returned home at dinnertime she said she wanted to continue going as there was another girl in the class she knew from school, and they’d teamed up. I praised her, and Joss agreed that she was glad she’d given the course a chance. However, the good feeling I had from this (small) achievement was to be short-lived. On Tuesday evening, while Joss was out, Linda telephoned with news I didn’t want to hear.

‘Has Joss told you?’ she began anxiously.

‘Told me what?’

‘About the car they set fire to.’

‘No!’

‘Joss and some others were seen running away from a car they’d set fire to on the estate. Apparently it belonged to some chap they thought was a paedophile and they decided to teach him a lesson. Someone called the police and they arrested a couple of the gang, but Joss and the others ran off. The police have been here; they’ve just left. They want to talk to Joss. I told them she was in foster care and I’ve given them your address.’

‘The silly, silly girl,’ I sighed. ‘Joss knows she has to stay out of trouble. When was this?’

‘Friday evening.’

‘Who else was involved? Do you know?’

‘The police didn’t say, but it was a large gang that is known to them. Joss seems to gravitate towards trouble. It draws her like a magnet. She never used to be like this.’ Linda’s voice fell away.

‘I’ll talk to her when she returns,’ I said, aware that this would probably do little good.

‘I thought I should warn you,’ Linda said.

‘Yes, thank you.’

There wasn’t much else we could say – we’d said it all before – and I think we both knew that this time Joss had gone too far.

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