No Angel by Penny Vincenzi

Author:Penny Vincenzi [Vincenzi, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Overlook
Published: 2011-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

‘I would rather he was dead I think,’ said LM, ‘much rather, than abducted by some creature, tortured—’ her voice broke; she began to cry. Celia took her in her arms.

‘LM, you mustn’t talk like that. I’m sure he’s neither. I’m sure he’s perfectly safe somewhere, probably just—’

‘Just what? Walking happily along in the sunshine? Playing with some other children in a park somewhere? Arriving safely at your mother’s house? Do tell me what else he might be doing, Celia. I’d be so grateful.’

Celia was silent. They were all in LM’s small kitchen; Dorothy, white-faced, immobile, sat at the table, staring in front of her; Mrs Bill back from a visit to her sister, was pouring out a third brew of tea, destined to grow as cold as the first two, and Celia and LM were standing at the window, staring out. It was five o’clock: nearly five hours now since Jay had disappeared. A policeman was sitting on a chair in the hall, and another stood on the front path. It looked, Celia thought with sudden clarity, like a scene from a bad play. And in spite of her brave words to LM, she couldn’t help thinking that, with half the police force of London looking out for him, if Jay was really all right, he would have been found by now.

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