A Watery Grave (Karen Cady Book 1) by Penny Kline

Author:Penny Kline [Kline, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: 2018-06-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

This time she was certain of it. Someone was following her, keeping a good distance away and disappearing into doorways when she looked back. At the end of the road she paused for a moment, to make sure whoever it was had a good view of her, then turned left, ran about fifty yards, and hid behind some rhododendron bushes just inside the front garden of a house that seemed to have been converted into offices.

There was a brass plate on the front door but it was too far away for Karen to read the name of the company. If anyone came out of the building they would see her crouched by the bush, assume she was up to no good, shout out and ruin everything. Bright strip lights were on in the downstairs rooms, but all she could see were the backs of several large computers.

The sky was overcast, making the visibility poor, but when the man who was following her came round the corner it shouldn’t be too difficult to see his face. She had a feeling it was a man but it could just as easily be a woman. Someone tall, dressed in a long dark coat.

The minutes ticked by, but perhaps they were only seconds. If she looked at her watch the man might suddenly appear, then become suspicious and start moving away fast before she had a chance to see his face.

Nothing happened. No-one came round the corner. Five minutes later, annoyed and frustrated, Karen stepped back onto the pavement and continued on her way to the park. She had her camera slung over her shoulder. This time, if she was lucky enough to see Olive Pearce she was going to tell her she was doing a course in photography and needed some shots of the duck pond. It was risky. Mrs Pearce might begin to suspect she was a journalist, writing a follow-up story on Natalie Stevens’ baby. On the other hand, it might be a good way of getting into conversation, a conversation she hoped would last longer than their previous encounter.

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Nothing ever turned out the way you expected. As she passed the row of shops at the top of Arkwright Way she could see Olive Pearce in the chemist’s, standing by a shelf of baby goods. Bath oil, talcum powder, drinking cups, bowls with bunnies round the edges. Karen stuffed the camera in her bag, then pulled open the door, marched up to the counter and asked for a packet of throat sweets.

The bored-looking woman behind the counter pointed to a display on Karen’s left.

‘Oh. Right.’ She selected a packet of blackcurrant lozenges and felt in her pocket for some change.

‘Thought it was you.’ Olive Pearce was standing a few feet away. ‘Funny place to do your shopping isn’t it? Bit out of the way.’

Karen smiled at her. ‘Oh, I often come this way. I’m doing a project on how small shops can compete with supermarkets. You know the kind of thing.

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