Guess Who by Chris McGeorge

Author:Chris McGeorge [McGeorge, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409178095
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2018-05-02T18:30:00+00:00

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Constance? How could it be Constance? But in some ways, it made sense – in an odd sort of way. It all added up. He had to act quickly. He threw the handcuffs to Ryan, who advanced on Constance. Sheppard went to Alan and checked his neck for a pulse. None. He checked his wrist. Nothing either. Alan was dead. The knife was sticking out from under his shoulder blades. Must have threaded through two ribs, pierced his heart. The big, bad lawyer didn’t seem so scary anymore. As he looked up, he saw Mandy and Headphones, squashed into the furthest corner, holding each other.

Constance was moaning as Ryan tried to put the handcuffs on her. Sheppard helped him by grabbing one of Constance’s flailing arms. She wasn’t making any sense, spouting rubbish about Jesus and God and Hell. Pretty much par for the course there then.

‘The promised land is filled with traitors. The promised land is here.’

Ryan managed to slip on one handcuff and then stopped. ‘We should cuff her to a chair.’

Sheppard nodded and took the chair that was slotted under the desk and held it as Ryan wrestled Constance down. Sheppard took the other handcuff as Ryan pushed Constance’s right arm through the back of the chair so they could be sure she wasn’t going to go anywhere. Not easily, at least.

Sheppard and Ryan straightened up and stepped back from Constance. She regarded them with those wide eyes of hers. The kind of eyes you could get lost in, that’s what he had thought, right? Now those eyes looked like somewhere he was afraid he would get imprisoned.

‘What happened?’ Sheppard said, turning to the others.

Mandy and Headphones seemed unable to respond. But Ryan cleared his throat and managed to speak, although it seemed like he was fighting himself the entire way.

‘We were just talking. That’s all. Just talking. We hadn’t kept track of the knife – we should have done, but we didn’t. Putting you in the bathroom, we were all a bit shaken up. Alan said that we had finally solved the puzzle. He was so sure, so adamant, that you had killed the man and that you were the answer to the question that the horse man asked. He kept saying that – over and over.

‘So he just shouted for a while. Looking at the TV, looking all around. “We’ve got him. Morgan Sheppard is the murderer.” All around the room. But there was no kind of answer. No kind of sign that the horse man had even noticed him. Alan said that he was playing games with us. So he got annoyed and shouted louder. Then he started screaming some incoherent rubbish, just venting you know?

‘We were all just watching him. I admit that he got to me. He made me think it was you. But I wasn’t happy about it. But Alan was almost gleeful. I sat on the bed, watching the TV. I mean, watching the letters flicker up and down. “We hope you enjoy your stay.

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