Altered Egos by Bill Kitson

Author:Bill Kitson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: UK
ISBN: 9780719811654
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 2013-08-30T14:00:00+00:00

chapter twelve

The training had been a different experience for Jessica that morning. For one thing she still felt exhilarated by the night’s adventure. But the main reason was her knowledge of what had actually happened, rather than vague hints and suggestions. Ever since she’d been abducted, Jessica had been in fear of her life. That fear still existed, but she knew the threat came from a different source. She recalled the confession she’d got from him.

‘After I found out about Melanie and the kids, and after I had to go through the rigmarole of identifying the bodies, filling forms in, arranging the funerals, I got so depressed. I don’t think it helped that I was coming off the drugs at the time. So I sat there, in that ghastly house of death, drank a whole bottle of scotch and took a full cocktail of the tablets. And, you know what? At the end, I was stone cold sober. That was when I started planning. At the time, all I knew about was the laboratory. I’d seen the name on some paperwork sent with one of the consignments. It would have been meaningless to anyone else, but with me being from Helmsdale, I recognized it straight away. So that became my target. And I thought, if I could find out something about the people behind the drugs programme, I’d take my revenge on them.’

He saw Jessica was about to protest and held up his hand. ‘I know it was crazy, but like I said, I wasn’t thinking straight. I read about the fire, and your brother’s death, but until I studied the files from the laboratory I didn’t make the connection.’

Jessica tried to interrupt again but he shook his head. ‘Let me finish. For a while I thought your father was dead as well. So I reckoned you must be in danger. I knew whoever was responsible for the murders must be after you, so I thought if I got to you first I might be able to protect you. After I got you away from that safe house I hung around. That was when I saw your father. I recognized him from his photo in one of the files. That really threw me. So I started to read the files in more detail. What I saw in them horrified me. I couldn’t believe most of it.’

Jessica look confused. ‘Were you still on the drugs?’

‘No, by then I’d got them out of my system.’

‘Then, why did you tell me you killed my mother and Adam?’

‘Because I reckon what is in those files is so damaging, the people responsible knew they’d have to get rid of anyone who could point the finger at what was going on. I said I murdered them. Well, I did, or as good as. When I took the files from the laboratory, I signed their death warrants. The moment the files went missing, they knew whoever had them would work out what was going on. So you, your father and your family became targets.

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