The Body Dealer (A DI Erica Swift Thriller Book 5) by M K Farrar

Author:M K Farrar [Farrar, M K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, thriller, British Crime, series, Detective, london, suspense
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2021-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Angela had barely slept. By five a.m., she’d given up and had come downstairs to work on her laptop at the kitchen table.

She had a backlog of emails from her constituents, so worked through them, doing her best to focus on their concerns, rather than the meeting she had ahead of her. She wondered if the constituents would notice the time stamp on the emails she’d sent and actually think she’d been earning her wages for once. Angela was more than aware that the vast majority of the population thought MPs were overpaid with far too many expense claims.

They were probably right.

She hit ‘send’ on another email and then crept back upstairs to check on Milly. She was relieved to be able to bring her daughter home from hospital yesterday. There was nothing worse than having to leave her there and coming home without her. She might not be a little girl anymore, but when she was sick, it was hard not to think of her in that way. It had broken Angela’s heart to hear Milly talk in the way she had that previous afternoon, but that hadn’t been the first time her daughter had said such things. When her kidneys had first started failing, Milly had sunk into deep depression, believing her life was over. But as the months and years had passed, she’d learned to live with her illness, and Angela had seen her daughter return to her. Then they’d had the massive let-down with the cancelled transplant, and Milly’s depression had returned.

She hoped her daughter wasn’t going to be as badly affected this time.

Maybe, after today, she’d finally be able to give her some good news.

Her stomach churned at the thought. Was she doing the right thing? She shouldn’t let herself get her hopes up. This was probably all some scam by some bastard taking advantage of vulnerable people. Desperate people, too.

She left Milly still sleeping and went back downstairs. Her phone was next to her laptop, and she picked it up to check the messages that had been sent about the meeting. She’d read and reread them so many times she’d lost count, judging each word, trying to look into everything that had been said for an ulterior motive.

If a friend came to her right now and the situations were reversed, she would tell her friend to walk away. She’d say that this person had offered no proof and was just after her money. But still there was that niggling possibility that they might be able to help. She didn’t care about the money. She would give every last penny she had if it meant Milly got better and went on to live her life.

Angela left Milly with Magda and went into the office. Everyone asked her how her daughter was doing, to which she smiled and told them Milly was over the worst and back home. The whole time, she felt as though she was an actor in a play, saying only what people wanted to hear.

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