Sticky Valves: Book 1 of the Saddleworth Vampire Series by Angela Blythe

Author:Angela Blythe [Blythe, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Willow Publishing
Published: 2017-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

17 – Tea Towel

The first caroling job always happened in the middle of November. Ernie liked to get ahead of the game and said if the shops could do Christmas from September they certainly could do it from November. He had never had a complaint yet. They walked the streets of Friarmere playing a selection of carols, in cul-de-sacs, lanes, and in the middle of the village. They did it in groups of ten. One party doing a particular part of Friarmere one day, and another ten doing the places the original group didn’t get round to a couple of days later. The idea of this was so people didn't get tired or too cold. The percussionists had nothing to do on these nights, so went round with committee members knocking on people's doors asking for donations to their local Band. It had been snowing earlier on in the day but now it was clear and bright. Ernie had promised that if it was too snowy their job would get cancelled but as he knew it would be fine that evening, it was an empty promise.

They would start at the bottom of the village and wind their way up through the streets, one by one up the hill. As they got higher, towards the moors, it got significantly colder.

Wee Renee had offered to provide some mulled wine and mince pies at the end of the job at her house, so they were all looking forward to this treat. She also said that she had plenty of information to impart about the current bad situation they were in. They were just gathered together waiting for the last couple of people when Laura came up with a tin to shake at passers-by.

‘Hey, I just saw Keith,’ she said.

‘Did he speak to you?’

‘No, Ernie.’

‘What did you say? Are you sure that it was Keith?’ Ernie asked. It had been a while since he had seen him and if did see him, he would be giving him a piece of his mind.

‘If it wasn't him he has a double, who also wears a police uniform. Him and Stuart had their truncheons out as well. Ernie, didn’t you say that you had spoken to the police the other day.’

‘Yes, I made sure I spoke to Stuart and not to Keith though.’

‘You never usually see them together do you?' asked Tony.

‘Are you saying they are the same person, Tony,’ Wee Renee said, ‘I never considered that possibility.’

‘No. I’m just saying you never see them together, Wee Renee,’ Tony replied bemused. Laura laughed.

‘You are right, Tony, you don’t. But tonight I have. I don’t think they are friends usually. I know Keith better than Stuart, and I would say in all honesty, who would want to be friends with Keith, if you didn’t have to. But one thing was, the look on Keith and Stuart’s face, it gave me the willies. I thought Keith said he was ill and wasn't at work. Well he is obviously one of them, isn’t he?’ Laura rambled on.

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