Murder Lust: A gripping medical thriller by Candy Denman

Author:Candy Denman [Denman, Candy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Book Folks - bestselling crime fiction publisher
Published: 2022-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Callie had managed to get the whole weekend off to be with Billy while he was over. To be fair, with all the extra visits and on-call she had done since Dr Grantham had complained about her attitude and leaving her colleagues in the lurch, she felt she had well and truly done her penance.

Having spent an hour or two in bed as soon as he arrived on the Friday evening, Callie wrapped herself in a bathrobe and sat at the breakfast bar watching Billy cook beef Stroganoff. He had sent her a shopping list in advance so, for once, she had all the ingredients ready. He poured half a pot of cream into the saucepan, and after a moment’s hesitation, added some more.

“Got to keep my strength up.” He winked at Callie and she felt herself blush as she always did.

“How’s Belfast?” Callie changed the subject quickly.

“Good, busy, but very good,” Billy replied. “No murders as yet.” He sounded almost disappointed. “Unlike here.”

“None here for a while, either,” Callie corrected him. “Touch wood,” she added, hurriedly tapping the table. “Besides which, I heard on the radio that they’ve arrested somebody in Brighton for the murders.”

“Really?”

“Yes, there was a press conference. It wasn’t Steve Miller talking – I rather think he’s not part of the top team anymore.”

“What did they say? Who have they arrested?”

“They’re playing everything very close to their chests. Didn’t give any details apart from that a Brighton man aged thirty-seven had been arrested. I daresay more will be slowly leaked over the weekend,” Callie said.

“Do you still think they’re wrong about the Brighton case?” Billy asked.

“Yes, I’m afraid I do,” she replied. “It’s just too easy to think that he suddenly got careless and that it’s all over.” She hadn’t heard yet about any marks on the body which rather made her suspect there were none.

“We’ll soon know if you’re right if there’s another killing while he’s in custody,” Billy said.

“But there haven’t been any for a couple of weeks, it seems to have all gone quiet. I’m hoping the killer’s been scared off by all this press coverage.”

“I sincerely hope so,” Billy replied. “We don’t want anything to disrupt our weekend.”

“So, no more talk mentioning the Q word, just in case.” Callie laughed as she touched the wooden table again in the hope it gave her luck and kept the weekend very quiet indeed. “What worries me is that he’s tempted to do one now, just to prove that they haven’t got the right person in custody.”

There was silence as they thought about that.

“You could be right,” Billy said sombrely.

* * *

On Saturday afternoon, after they had both had lunch with his parents, Billy went off with his brother to see his cousins. He promised that he would only be away an hour or two, but she knew his family. He would arrive home late in the evening, having eaten vast amounts of yet more food, and fall into bed, exhausted. Having said her thank yous, and made her escape, she drove back to Hastings, leaving him to make his own way back.

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