Do Unto Others: DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller Book 17) by John Carson

Author:John Carson [Carson, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

Harry lay back on the settee, staring up at the ceiling. The film had been on for an hour or so but it felt like it had been days. It was a rom-com, Alex had told him, and he had started watching it with enthusiasm, God alone knew he had, but the romance part bored him and the comedy part was non-existent.

Alex sat on the settee with him, her hand automatically going into the popcorn bowl and feeding her mouth like she was a robot. Just the way popcorn eaters all over the world ate it.

Then a piece hit him on the nose.

He moved his head back before lifting it and looking at her. Alex laughed. ‘Sorry. I was aiming for your mouth.’

He sat up. ‘My mouth wasn’t open.’

‘Still. If it had been, that would have been a score. Sadly, it wasn’t meant to be.’

He took some of the popcorn and shoved it all into his mouth, unlike his wife, who ate it one piece at a time.

‘Is the film boring you?’ she asked, a slight smile on her lips.

‘Of course not. I’m enjoying it.’

‘Liar. But thanks for trying anyway.’

‘It’s the least I could do since you made us popcorn.’

The front door opened and Jessica came in. She walked into the living room and smiled at them.

‘You’re home early,’ Alex said, looking at the clock: ten past ten.

‘I was tired, to be honest. It was a hard day at the nursery. Parents complaining; some not paying and falling behind. Two of the kids vomited. It was all go.’

Harry owned the nursery not far from their house in Murrayfield. He had inherited both properties from a late girlfriend, as well as her flat down near where he lived in Comely Bank.

‘It’s time we had a review of the staff wages,’ he said.

‘Oh, Harry, no, you pay more than anybody in this game,’ Jessica said. ‘I’m not complaining about the job, honestly. I’m just telling you I feel tired, that’s all. Bless you, though.’

‘You’ll be able to recharge your batteries over the Christmas holidays,’ Harry said.

‘I know. I’m going to make a cup of hot chocolate. You want anything?’

‘I’m fine, thanks,’ Alex said.

‘I’m okay, thanks,’ Harry said.

‘Okay, then.’ Jessica left the living room and went to the kitchen.

‘Just as well we weren’t going at it on the couch,’ Alex said, giggling.

‘I can’t even imagine.’

‘Why don’t we turn off this crap film and have an early night?’ Alex suggested.

‘I’ve got a better idea. It would involve your sister.’

Alex raised her eyebrows.

‘As a babysitter,’ Harry clarified.

‘Go on then, I’m all ears.’

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