Hunting Ground by L J Morris

Author:L J Morris [Morris, L J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781916249820
Publisher: Crow's Foot Books
Published: 2019-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

When Carter got back to the cell, Kinsella was lying on the top bunk reading a book. He put down the book when he saw Carter and sat up. ‘How did it go?’

‘Same questions, again and again, Danny. All we have to do is stay quiet and give Sinclair the time she and McGill need.’

‘I’m not sure I can keep this up, Simeon.’ He looked around at the blank walls of the cell. ‘Not sure I can survive in here long-term.’

Carter was worried about Kinsella. He’d had a protected childhood; he went to a private school and then to university. He’d never experienced anything outside that world, he wasn’t streetwise. The noise of the prison, the threats, the bullying, must be playing on his mind. ‘You’ll be okay, Danny.’

Kinsella slowly shook his head. ‘When I was in the room, Gardener was quite nice to me. She kept saying my sentence would be shorter if I came clean, said I might even be let out if I told her everything.’

‘Don’t believe her, Danny. She’ll tell you anything to get you to talk.’

‘Was she friendly towards you, too, Simeon? When she was asking you questions?’

Carter smiled. ‘Not really, but she’s just asking the questions her boss wants her to. Thorpe’s the one we have to be wary of.’ Carter didn’t want to tell Kinsella that they were targeting him, that they saw the younger man most likely to break. ‘I think I annoyed them. Thorpe dragged gardener out of the interview.’

Kinsella jumped down from the bunk. ‘I don’t think it’s a good idea to antagonise them.’

Carter shrugged. ‘What are they going to do? We’re already locked up.’

Kinsella sat down on the bottom bunk, elbows on his knees. ‘I suppose you’re right. It just feels like everyone is against us. Who’s on our side, other than Sinclair and McGill?’

Carter put his hand on Kinsella’s back. ‘Edward was there. I managed to have a few words with him. He’s a friend, even if he can’t say so.’

‘What did he say? Can he get us out?’

‘He’s doing everything he can, but it takes time. There are too many people either covering their arses or trying to climb the slippery pole. If they think that seeing us locked up forever is in their interests, they won’t help.’

‘But we didn’t do anything, Simeon. How can they think we were responsible for killing so many people?’

‘It’s all planted evidence, Danny. The only chance we have is for Sinclair and McGill to come up with something that brings the whole conspiracy crashing down around their ears.’

Kinsella paced what little floor space there was. ‘We don’t even know if they’re alive. What are we going to do if—?’

Kinsella’s question was unfinished, as two other inmates appeared at the cell door. One kept watch as the other entered the cell and pulled out a knife. ‘Right, you two. Out. Now.’

Kinsella retreated as far as he could. ‘What do you want?’

The inmate with the knife had been giving them trouble since they’d arrived at the prison, but he hadn’t threatened them with a knife before.

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