She's Mine by Claire S. Lewis

Author:Claire S. Lewis [Lewis, Claire S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2019-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

22

Scarlett

I’ve had another fitful night. I couldn’t get hold of Costa. His wife has probably got him under house arrest. And I couldn’t get the idea out of my head that Damien might have driven Christina off to some remote location on the other side of the island and murdered her. I know it sounds crazy but ever since Katie disappeared anything seems possible.

Although it’s still dark, I decide to go to the hotel gym for a morning workout before the heat gets up. I haven’t had the heart to keep up with my usual exercise routines. The sadness and stress of losing Katie has sapped all my energy. But today I feel that a good pounding on the treadmill might help to calm my nerves.

By the time I’m finished, I’m dripping with sweat but feeling a lot more chilled. Now the sun’s out and the birds are singing, my fears of last night seem absurd. Damien left a short message on the phone in my hotel room last night, effectively just telling me that he was taking good care of Christina and ordering me to hold the fort at the hotel and wait for further instructions. But I can’t get hold of Christina. Still, there’s no point imagining the worst. She’s probably just ignoring my texts. Costa, on the other hand, finally replies to my text of last night – just a few brief words, but it’s enough.

Relax. I’ve got the address of Christina’s villa. I’ll explain more later.

So, he’s located them.

Perhaps my imagination has been running away with me. If it was Damien who took out The Phantasea the night before last it was probably only for a night cruise of boozing and gambling with his dodgy mates. Even so, I think it’s weird that Christina hasn’t called me. Have I done something to offend her? Other than losing her daughter, that is! But this is no time for black humour. I need to stay strong and one hundred percent focused on the search for Katie.

This morning I’m going to ask Marco in the hotel’s marketing suite to print off five hundred A4 posters, with a blown-up image of Katie holding out the shells and the words STILL MISSING in large black letters at the top. I took the photograph just before I passed out under the parasol. It’s the last photograph of Katie which Christina and I saw at the police station – but the police poster was too small and too limited in distribution. I’m going to make sure everyone round here gets to see it.

My plan is to walk into town and go to every shop and every market stall and every business, to ask them to put up the poster and call me if they have any information. I’ve put my number at the bottom.

There could be lots of reasons why people are scared to come forward. It’s just possible that there’s someone out there who knows something but doesn’t want to have any contact with the police.

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