A Moment Of Madness by Hilary Bonner

Author:Hilary Bonner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House UK

Twelve

Kelly’s story was huge. He sold the full interview to the Sun who paid him handsomely, but not as much as they would have done had he been able to guarantee them total exclusivity. He couldn’t do that because he was bound to let the Argus publish first, if he wanted to keep his job, that is, and he knew the other nationals would lift what they felt they could get away with from it. But the impact of his coup was enormous. Local and national radio and TV all invited Kelly to go on air to talk about Angel. He was the only person in the media to have got near to her.

It felt as if he were back in the big time. It felt good. Really good.

Even Nick called specially to say well done.

‘That Christmas night visit paid off after all, then, Dad,’ he remarked without making any further comment.

Kelly was on cloud nine. He felt seriously good towards everyone who was important in his life – Nick and Moira, of course, but perhaps particularly Karen Meadows who had given him more help from the beginning than she had either needed to or even perhaps should have done.

The evening that his story broke, Moira was on duty and Kelly was alone at home in St Marychurch when he suddenly decided on impulse to pay Karen a thank you visit. Deliberately he did not call her first. At best she would be slightly embarrassed, and at worst she would try to put him off. Kelly reckoned the best thing to do was to just pop round to her place. If she wasn’t there then he would lose nothing, and if she was he somehow didn’t think she would shut the door in his face.

On the way to her seafront apartment he stopped at a late-night supermarket, which he knew had a special pet shop section, where he bought a bottle of champagne and another, more unlikely, present.

Karen’s apartment block had an intercom system. Kelly was pleased when she answered swiftly after he rang the appropriate bell, but then not so pleased when she took almost half a minute or so to speak again after he announced himself.

‘Come on up,’ she said eventually, albeit a little grudgingly, at the same time pushing the buzzer which allowed him to enter.

She was waiting at her front door when he stepped out of the lift on the fourth floor. Her expression didn’t give a lot away.

He grinned at her in what he hoped was a disarming fashion, handed her the champagne with one hand and his second offering, in a supermarket plastic carrier, with the other.

‘Late Chrissie pressies,’ he said. ‘The bubbly’s for you, and there’s something in the bag for the lovely Sophie.’

Karen raised her eyebrows enquiringly, took both gifts from him, and ushered him into the flat. Once inside she led him into the living room overlooking the bay and peered into the carrier bag. When she saw the contents she immediately started to laugh.

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