Inspector Lynley 09 by Deception On His Mind

Author:Deception On His Mind [Mind, Deception On His]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-24T19:09:41+00:00

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where he’d long outgrown it. But then he spoke, and she knew she’d won.

“I’ll start phoning the council members in the morning,” he said.

She felt her face’s rigidity loosen into a smile. “You see, don’t you, how we can use that disturbance in the council meeting to our own advantage? We’ll win this, Theo. And before we’re through, we’ll have Shaw in lights all round this town. Think what life will be like for you then. Think of the man you’ll be.”

He looked away from her, but not at the window. To the door this time, and to whatever lay beyond it. Despite the heat that seemed to throb in the air, he shuddered. Then he headed towards the door.

“What?” she asked him. “It’s nearly ten. Where’re you going?”

“To cool off,” he said.

“Where do you expect to do that? It’s no cooler outside than it is in this house.”

“I know,” he said. “But the air’s fresher, Gran.”

And the tone of his voice gave her an inkling of the cost that was attached to winning.

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