Murder On Tour by Mark McCrum
Author:Mark McCrum [McCrum, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-23T00:00:00+00:00
Where are you? Iâm in Catering with Adam. Letâs talk. Now, please. Nick.
There were footsteps on the stairs. Seamus at last? But no, it was only Ted, Scallyâs drum tech, with the lopsided grin and wild straw hair. âOh hi, Mel,â he said, looking away from Francis. âIâm not disturbing anything, am I?â
âNo,â Francis replied. âItâs fine. I was just off anyway.â
Chapter Fourteen
Francis strode back across the Festhalle. The doors were open and fans were pouring in, running across the wide expanse of floor to get up the front by the stage. Others, older, were taking their places in the surrounding banks of seating: a stalls area at one end of the âstanding room onlyâ central oblong, then a dress circle and an upper circle going right round. Beams of light were already raking the dark stage.
Francis waved his AAA pass at one of the Hellâs Angels and went on up to Catering. There was no sign of Nick. Or Seamus, for that matter. He headed off into the corridors and ran slap bang into Topaz, hurrying the other way.
âCanât talk now, sorry,â she said before heâd even spoken. And then, weirdly, she paused mid-step, looked around, and went right up to him. So close he could smell the muskily alluring scent she wore. Diorella? Something like that. She ran a forefinger across her neck in a throat-cutting gesture. âWalls have ears,â she whispered. She squeezed his shoulder, gave him a rather arch look and left him standing there.
Unsettled, Francis made his way towards where the band hospitality and dressing rooms must surely be. Yes, there was FEMALE DRESSING ROOM â PRIVATE. He wasnât going to mess with that again. Or, tonight, even MALE DRESSING ROOM, which for some reason didnât have the PRIVATE qualification. Perhaps it should read MALE â PUBLIC, ALL COMERS he thought with a silent chuckle.
Jonniâs dressing room had no sign at all on it. It didnât need one, with beefy Omar posted outside.
Francis could hear Adamâs rolling laughter coming from within.
âIs Nick in there?â
âHe is.â
âHe sent me a message to come over.â
Omar nodded, unsmiling. âWait a moment,â he replied, looking up and down the corridor before sliding in the door, sideways, almost as if he was expecting Jonni to be waiting for him with a primed grenade. The laughter stopped and Omar returned.
âIn you go,â he said.
âThanks.â
âFrancis!â said Adam, genial as ever. âWhereâve you been hiding, mate?â
Jonni was lounging on a big armchair. âAll right, man?â He nodded, then looked away.
Nick was standing to one side. âHere you are. So youâve finished with the crew?â
âSorry, Nick, I was just chatting to a couple of guys on the backline bus.â
âFrancis is thick as thieves with the crew these days,â joshed Adam. âI canât keep him away from them.â
âProbably more fun than the band,â said Jonni. âEh, Francis?â
âI wouldnât say that. The band are good fun too.â
âJust a shame Iâm not,â said Jonni.
âDonât be silly, Jonni. Youâre glorious fun.â The jovial response hovered on Francisâs lips, but he didnât say it; he just wasnât on those kind of matey terms with him â yet.
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