Santa Grint (The Time Police) by Jodi Taylor

Author:Jodi Taylor [Taylor, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2022-12-25T00:00:00+00:00

At about the time Grint and Jane had encountered their unexpected surplus candyfloss anomaly, and – as it turned out – in an entirely different universe, Captain Farenden was working on his spreadsheet for the finance meeting happening the day after tomorrow. Not something that ever put him in a good mood even when there was money in the budget. He sighed. That was a lot of red for just one spreadsheet. To be fair to Commander Hay, she wasn’t one to shoot the messenger, but she still wasn’t going to be happy.

Fortunately – or so he thought at the time – his telephone rang. An outside line – voice only. Sighing, he lifted the receiver. Other than stating his name and rank, he said nothing for a long while. Actually, he wasn’t granted the opportunity. The person on the other end had no intention of being interrupted and after a few feeble attempts, he didn’t even try.

Eventually the flow of words ground down into silence. Deliberately keeping his voice calm, he said, ‘Thank you for this information, Mrs Caldicott. If indeed an officer has removed a child from his place of residence, then he must have had a very good reason. I can also assure you that if this is the case, then the child in question would be in excellent hands. Please allow me thirty minutes to check the progress of this particular investigation, after which I shall contact you with an up-to-date report. In the meantime, please do not be alarmed – Simon will be returned to you as soon as operationally possible.’

He put the phone down, sat for a moment, glanced at Commander Hay’s closed door and then opened his com.

‘Major Ellis, please. Matthew? We need to speak. No – never mind that – we’re in deep shit. I’m on my way. And not a word to anyone.’

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