Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis

Author:Joy Ellis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781911021735
Publisher: Joffe Books
Published: 2016-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Joseph hurried along the corridor to the interview rooms, then halted abruptly as his phone rang. He glanced at it and saw a number he didn’t recognise. He flipped it open and heard a voice say, ‘I got your message, Sergeant Easter. Sorry I missed you. My name is Tug Owen.’

Joseph ducked into an empty room and closed the door. ‘Thank you for returning the call, Mr Owen.’ Joseph desperately tried to think of what to say to the man.

‘It’s about Frank Reed, I assume,’ Owen prompted. ‘I’ve been expecting this, although I thought it would be Nikki Galena ringing. I didn’t fool her, did I?’

‘No sir. But it takes a lot to fool the inspector.’ Joseph felt relief at the way the conversation was going.

‘What do you already know, Sergeant?’

‘I know about Eve Anderson.’ Then he added with a slight shiver, ‘And about Flaxton Mere.’

‘I very much doubt that you do.’ There was a soft humourless laugh. ‘You know that Eve exists. You know she is somehow connected to Frank, and you’ve seen the name RAF Flaxton Mere on documents, but apart from that, Sergeant, you know nothing.’

Joseph swore to himself. The easy conversation had taken a distinct downward turn. ‘So what can you tell me, sir?’

There was the sound of a sigh. ‘Whatever I tell you will cause Nikki a great deal of pain. Do you really want to know?’

‘Sorry, but painful or not, I think you know the answer to that.’

‘Then first understand that Frank Reed loved Kathy. He would never have left her, but he and Eve . . .’ The man hesitated. ‘Years before, they went through a terrible ordeal together and they formed a special sort of bond.’

‘What kind of a bond?’

‘Do I have to spell it out?’ He sighed, then said, ‘It was complicated.’

Joseph remembered saying those very words to Tamsin, and wondered if all break-ups and breakdowns came under that heading when you scratched beneath the surface.

‘Frank was in pieces, Sergeant. He admitted to me that Eve meant the world to him, but she was a career RAF officer, and at the time she would not give up her career to settle down. Because of that, Frank moved on, and he met Kathy.’

‘How long ago was this?’

‘Eons. He was a young man, and despite still caring deeply for Eve, he fell desperately in love with Kathy.’ Tug made a little huffing sound. ‘The incident that happened, when he and Eve were thrown together under horrific conditions, left a permanent imprint on both of them, and neither could truly let the other go. Frank became living proof that you can love two people.’

‘What happened? What was the incident?’

‘I’m sorry, it was classified. Still is. But suffice to say there was an accident aboard an aircraft carrier and they were trapped for days.’

Joseph knew from experience the kind of bonds that formed with your military brothers, and he knew first-hand what trauma could do. He decided to move on.

‘But they met again, years later, at Flaxton Mere airfield.

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