Cold Monsters: (No Secrets To Conceal) (The Capgras Conspiracy Book 2) by Townley Simon J

Author:Townley, Simon J. [Townley, Simon J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Fiction: Murder Mystery, Fiction: suspense, fiction: conspiracy thriller, Fiction: Thriller, Fiction: Crime Thriller
Publisher: Beardale Books
Published: 2017-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39

Pavements

Tom stumbled from the gloom of the courtroom into the late afternoon sunshine, blinking as his eyes readjusted to the light. He clutched the files under his arm. Get rid of them was his only thought. They were incriminating, and would be classed as state secrets. Find somewhere safe. Do it soon.

Across the road, Ollie bundled Emma and Ruby into a taxi. Tom waived, but didn’t join them. He wanted to be there, offering words of reassurance, but he had business to attend to first. He had to write up this story, conflict of interest be damned. It had to be told and his paper would have the best of it. It would go hard on Emma, to be plastered across the press looking like a fool but the facts would come out anyway, there had been plenty of other reporters in court, and besides, the controversy would help her. The public would howl for justice by the time he was finished with this tale.

Emma’s cab sped away into the London traffic. Her friends and supporters surged out of the courthouse onto the narrow pavement. One of them yelled: “There he is."

Mark Waterstone had rounded a corner, heading back to the courtroom. He froze like a rabbit in the headlights as the crowd of people flowed towards him. They swirled around him, surrounding him, not allowing him to leave. Capgras clutched his files, desperate not to lose one shred of paper, as he barged and elbowed his way through. Emma’s friends shouted abuse at Mark, calling him scum, a liar and a cheat and plenty of worse things, though words were unlikely to put a dent in the man, not insults at least. Well-aimed words, printed in the newspaper, they might leave a mark.

Tom broke through the crowd and confronted him. “You owe my sister an apology and a lot more besides."

“I did what I could. How could they convict her?”

“Ask the magistrate. You have your own questions to answer."

Protesters pushed and jostled Mark. Capgras kept firing his questions. “Tell me about DarkReach. What do you know?”

“Never heard of them."

That was a lie, Tom saw it in his eyes. “What about Apostle?” He yelled the words at Waterstone, struggling to be heard over the shouts of Emma’s friends. One of them shoved Mark. Waterstone pushed back, trying to break free.

Police sirens howled in the distance. This was turning into a riot and Tom didn’t dare get caught in it.

Waterstone grabbed Tom’s shoulder, steadying himself. “We need to talk. I’ll call you."

“Make it soon.” Capgras ducked unto the flailing arms and slipped out of the ring of protesters just in time. Three police cars stopped outside the court, followed by a transit van. Uniformed officers with truncheons drawn poured towards the crowd of people.

Capgras melted into the throng of passers-by and fled the scene, heading for the sanctuary of the newsroom, knowing if he got arrested with state secrets in his possession, he’d be a long time in prison.

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