Power on Her Own by Judith Cutler

Author:Judith Cutler [Judith Cutler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2013-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Idly, not too keen on getting up, Kate flicked on the radio. The headline she caught on the Today programme was like a blow to her stomach. Another missing boy! This one lived in Liverpool, but her alarm bells started ringing. At least the media hadn’t yet put two and two together to make half a dozen, but they would, soon enough, Kate thought grimly. And perhaps they’d be right to. All she could think about during the long bus journey was the innocent heads of the Newtown school kids.

When she reached the Incident Room, Selby was already on the computer, shifting the mouse and clicking with some determination, and definitely increased speed. She was impressed, and would have told him so, had not Cope hove into view, followed by the rest of the team. Brainstorming time. If there were any brains amongst them. Graham and Colin would be out – they were giving evidence in a court case – and for a moment she felt isolated. But she’d not crossed swords with anyone for a while, and it would be good to have to make an effort to get along with the others. She sat next to one of the older men, just back from his annual leave.

‘You must be Kate,’ he said affably. ‘Reg Tanner. I’ve been down in Oz for a couple of months, seeing my son get married.’

They shook hands.

‘How are you settling in? Everything all right?’

‘Fine, thanks. I’ve been made very welcome.’ By most, if not all.

‘I bet you have, nice-looking wench like you. Ah, better hush-up.’ He turned towards Cope, leading in Graham’s absence.

He didn’t do a bad job, really. He reviewed all the evidence so far and the on-going activities. The main problems were a total lack of witnesses to Danny’s RTA and Darren’s continued silence. He spoke with anger of the injuries and the possible cause of the damage – a Hornby 00 gauge railway engine.

‘Has anyone shown one to Darren – to get his reaction?’ Reg asked.

‘Not as far as I know,’ Cope replied. ‘That’s up to the medics, isn’t it? We can’t go interfering.’

‘Has anyone asked the medics?’ Reg pursued.

‘They have been contacted, with what result I’m unable to say.’

‘There’s your answer,’ Reg muttered to Kate. ‘Bet that would open the floodgates. Bloody hell, there’s some nasty pieces of knitting around.’

She nodded. ‘Have house-to-house inquiries brought up anything, Sir?’ she asked aloud.

‘Only a lot of mish-mashed notes. Maybe you’d care to help decipher them and make a report, Power. At your convenience, of course.’

Which would teach her to keep her mouth shut. While the others tossed ideas back and forth – none of them greeted with much enthusiasm by Cope, but none received with such hostility – Kate tried to close her mind to the noise of the room. There was something, wasn’t there? Something she ought to remember. And as it came to her, she knew it was nothing she wanted to share with Cope. Except she was part of a team.

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