Dwell by Lynda O'Rourke

Author:Lynda O'Rourke [O'Rourke, Lynda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ravenwoodgreys
Published: 2015-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The lounge which led off from the main hallway was cold, just like the bishop’s study. Its large bay window looked out onto the gravel driveway, and as I peered out I could see that it was beginning to get dark. Large rain clouds were gathering, rolling across the sky, pushed on by the wind. I sat down on the window seat and waited for Jude to appear. He had gone back to his car with the intention of bringing it up to the house. Leaving it on the roadside was not a good idea. If one of the villagers reported the car being left there then it might alert Inspector Cropper to where we were.

“Do you think we’re safe here?” asked Max, sitting on a leather armchair that looked like it had a set of wings on the back.

“I hope so,” I said, wrapping my arms about me. “If we’re not safe here, then I guess we’re not safe anywhere.”

“Do you think we’d be better off sleeping in the church?” said Max. “I mean, it’s probably holier than in the bishop’s house – we might be more protected there.”

“I’m not sleeping in the church,” mumbled Raven pulling over a heavy-looking armchair covered in red silk. “The dead are always hanging around churches. We’ve got enough dead things following us, we don’t need a freaking party of them.”

“I think we’ll be all right here,” I said, looking around at the antique furniture which dressed the room. The house smelt like an old stately home – one you might visit on a day trip. “I just wish it was warmer in here – or Mrs. Gables would come in and light the fire.” I walked over to the open fireplace. It was filled with a stack of dusty coals, and I wondered how long ago they had been placed in there. Judging by the amount of dust over them, it was obvious that this room wasn’t used often. I crouched down and looked up the chimney. It had been boarded over. Maybe they had no need for it as it appeared that the room wasn’t much lived in. I sat back on the window seat and rubbed my arms for warmth.

“I wonder what the bishop will tell us?” sighed Max. “I hope it’s good news about my brother. This is the closest I’ve got to finding out what’s happened to him and where he is.”

“Why did Robert volunteer himself for a drug trial?” I asked. “Did he do it for the money?”

“He wanted the money to set up a business. We were gonna run it together – painting and decorating,” said Max. “He knew how difficult it was to find work in Holly Tree and thought that the only way of earning money was to start up our own business.” Max stared up at the ceiling and sighed. “I wish I’d stopped him. When he told me about volunteering up at Cruor Pharma, I should have told him not to do it – but I didn’t.

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