Liar Liar by Mel Sherratt

Author:Mel Sherratt [Sherratt, Mel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Suspense
ISBN: 9780008368074
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-03-18T13:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SIX

Caleb was sitting up in bed when Grace located him on ward 17. There was a woman sitting next to him who she assumed was his mum, owing to the likeness. Like Caleb, she was blonde, but her hair was long to his short-cropped style. She was thin, attractive and hard to put an age on. Mid-thirties, if Grace hazarded a guess.

The nurse pulled the curtain around them for privacy and then left them to it.

‘Mrs Campbell?’ Grace showed her warrant card. ‘I’m DS Allendale. If it’s okay with you, I’d like to ask Caleb a few questions about what happened yesterday.’

‘You should be out looking for the idiot who did this,’ the woman said. ‘I can’t believe this has happened. He might need an operation and plates in his leg.’

‘I’m sorry to hear that. But if I can have a quick chat with Caleb, I can be on my way doing just that.’

Mrs Campbell paused for a moment and then sat down in a chair.

Grace stood next to the bed. The boy wouldn’t meet her eye at first and when he did, she could sense his anxiety.

‘Caleb, can you tell me what happened?’

‘I’d been to the shop and I was going home again.’

‘He was supposed to be too ill for school,’ Mrs Campbell retorted.

‘Go on,’ Grace went on.

‘This car came out of nowhere. I heard the engine revving up, and when I turned to look back, it hit my wheel and I flew over the handlebars.’ He held up a bandaged hand and pointed to his leg. ‘I fell funny on my leg and I couldn’t get up. I tried to but I couldn’t.’

‘Did you see who the driver was?’

‘I didn’t see his face.’

‘Not even enough to tell if it was a male or female?’

‘I think it was a man.’

‘Why do you say that?’

‘I could tell by how he was sitting in the car.’

‘So you should be able to tell me what he looked like.’

‘I can’t remember.’

‘What car was it?’

‘I’m not sure.’

‘Colour?’

‘Black, I think.’

‘Does Seth Forrester have a black car?’ Grace asked next, noting his resistance to tell them anything.

At the mention of his name, Caleb’s eyes widened. It took him a few seconds, glancing from his mum back to her, before he nodded.

‘Was it him?’

‘I told you, I didn’t see who was driving.’

‘And I told you to keep away from Forrester,’ Mrs Campbell said. ‘He’s nothing but trouble.’

‘Was there only the driver in the car?’ Grace went on.

‘Yeah.’

‘Don’t push him. He’s in a lot of pain and he’s in shock too.’ Mrs Campbell spoke to Grace this time. ‘If I get hold of whoever it was, I’ll … what kind of a monster does this to a child and then disappears without stopping to see what they’ve done?’

‘One who might have thought that Caleb saw something happen at Harrison House.’ Grace kept her eyes on the teenager. ‘Isn’t that right, Caleb?’

Caleb looked away.

‘What do you mean?’ Mrs Campbell looked confused, then she turned to her son. ‘Are you saying you know who did this to you?’

Caleb had clammed up.

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