A Jersey Affair by Georgina Troy

Author:Georgina Troy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783757107
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2015-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

‘Sebastian. Over here.’ Click. ‘Oi, Fielding.’

‘Sebastian.’ A microphone was thrust in front of his face, narrowly missing his mouth. Sebastian pushed it and another three like it away. ‘Sebastian, I’m Jeff Spires from Channel 104. Can you tell us if your uncle had suffered from a heart condition before this fatal attack?’

‘What’s going to happen to his empire now? You’re the obvious one to take over from him. Sebastian.’

He held a hand up in a vain effort to stem the flow of questions being shouted at him as he resolutely made his way from the car to his London office. Someone pushed into his back. He ignored them, thankful for his strength which prevented him from being dragged forward with the baying crowd.

He reached the steps of the glass-fronted building and turned round to face the horde. ‘I’ll be giving an official statement shortly. I’m sure you can understand that my uncle’s death has come as a terrible shock to everyone close to him and we need a little time to gather our thoughts.’

‘Sebastian!’

He heard his name being shouted out; he was unsurprised that no one was giving him the time to come to terms with what had happened the previous night. Well they’d just have to wait. He turned and waited as his driver opened the front door, closing it quickly behind them.

‘Thanks, Joseph,’ he said. ‘I don’t know if you want to wait in here, and maybe have a coffee while I go to my office for a bit?’

‘No, sir, I’ll return to the car. I think I should go and take it round the back away from those bloody vultures out there.’ He opened eyes wide. ‘Um, I’m sorry, sir, I shouldn’t have sworn.’

Sebastian patted the older man on his shoulder. ‘Don’t worry, Joseph. We’ve both been through a bit of a rough time this morning. Once you’ve parked the car, come to Reception and I’m sure they’ll make you a coffee. I shouldn’t be too long.’

He forced a smile at his secretary and nodded when she offered him a coffee, then closed his office door with relief and sat down. Mrs Hutton had left a message an hour earlier.

‘Mrs H, how are you?’ he asked, when she answered his house phone.

‘I’m fine, Sebastian. It’s you I’m worried about.’

‘Any reporters at the house yet?’

‘A few, but I’ve told them you’re not going to be back here for the foreseeable future. I don’t think they believed me though, because they’re still camped outside. Poor Harley has had to make do with the garden today. I thought about taking him for a walk, but couldn’t get as far as the front gate without them shouting at me.’

‘I’ll be back as soon as I can and I’ll take him out somewhere by car. Are you OK apart from that though?’ He hated to think of the paps shouting at Mrs Hutton.

‘Yes, don’t worry yourself about us. Harley growls at the door and goes mad every time one of them dares to call through the letterbox.

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