In the Name of the Father (Knight & Culverhouse Book 6) by Adam Croft

Author:Adam Croft [Croft, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

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It had been a long time since she had seen Michael looking so vulnerable. Her heart had dropped when he’d told her he needed help. And she wasn’t ashamed to admit that her first thought was that he’d played this card before.

She’d tried to help him when he’d ended up in Mildenheath General Hospital after a drugs overdose. She’d brought him home, given him shelter, food and warmth. And how had he repaid her?

She froze on the spot, looking at him lying in his hospital bed. She remembered that night in Robert Ludford’s kitchen, strapped to the chair, Michael leaning over her. She felt the fear and dread all over again, the same as she had when he was casually revealing the ways in which he’d killed those five women. But that was due to his mental condition, surely? He was her brother. A boy who’d lost his way. She had to believe that.

You're nothing but a cheap whore! The ultimate cheap whore!

No. He was in a bad place. He was a drug addict. He had mental problems. He needed help. It was a cry for help.

That's all you are, isn't it? Just another little slut. Just the same as you always have been.

A cry for help. That’s what it was. He didn’t mean any of it. She saw it all the time. Criminals getting caught and flipping out, saying things they didn’t mean. They always apologised in the morning once the alcohol had worn off.

You're the next and final one. It's you and then it's me. The world will be rid of all its filth and all its sluts and I will die a hero, a martyr to the cause.

He needed the attention. He’d never had any. He felt hard done by.

I've never felt powerful before, Wend. It’s addictive.

It’s sorted. Water under the bridge. He’s serving his time. He’s getting his help. He’ll be fine. We’ll be fine. He’ll be Michael again.

Do you have any last words? Better make them good…

Wendy jumped to her feet, the chair skidding along the hard floor behind her.

She swallowed hard. ‘I have to go.’

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