Innocent by Kinsley Erin

Author:Kinsley, Erin [Kinsley, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 9781472274298
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2020-08-19T14:00:00+00:00

Twenty-eight

On Sunday morning, eight days after the wedding, the pool area at the Sterndale Hall Hotel is busy.

Ten-year-old Danny has new goggles, a birthday present to replace the leaky ones he’s had the last two years. Danny’s a total water-baby, taught to swim by his mum at three years old, and a member of his local swimming club from age seven. When he grows up, he wants to be a professional diver.

Most of those here are adults, relaxing on sunbeds and enjoying coffee and pastries in the sun, or – in the case of the school reunion party from Bury St Edmunds – sleeping off hangovers in the shade. Danny’s alone in the pool, and he’s entertaining himself by dropping a pound coin his dad’s given him into the water, watching it settle on the bottom before diving down to retrieve it.

The new goggles are brilliant, and his underwater view is crystal clear. He’s quickly graduated to the deep end, treading water for a minute or two between dives to catch his breath. The water’s beautiful, azure blue with crazy white patterns on the bottom where the sun reflects the ripples, and as he rests, Danny watches the honeycomb lattice as it twists and shifts.

Down near the filter, something’s glittering as it catches the light.

Danny’s heart lifts. This could be treasure, gold or silver, a dropped bracelet or ring. If it’s something valuable, there might be a reward.

Tucking his pound coin in the net pocket of his waistband, he makes his dive, pulling down against the water’s pressure. Close to the white tiled pool floor, he sees why what he’s after can’t be spotted from above; their transparency makes them all but invisible. They’re not the prize he was hoping, but they’re a discovery nonetheless: a discarded pair of champagne flutes, rolling back and forth in the filter vacuum’s tug.

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