The Bosch Deception by Alex Connor

Author:Alex Connor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Published: 2014-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

Forty

It was early, hardly light, when Nicholas awoke. For once he hadn’t dreamed, and now he was desperate to urinate. Moving into the bathroom he relieved himself, his hand resting on the wall over the cistern as a sudden wave of nausea came over him. Surprised, he waited for the feeling to pass, then walked out into the corridor. Even with the door of Father Michael’s room closed he could hear the snoring. He paused for a moment, listening to the old priest giving an abrupt snort and then rolling over in bed. The springs creaked and protested, but a moment later the snoring began again.

Back in his room, Nicholas got into bed then paused, listening. He could hear footsteps on the gravel outside. Who would be walking around the church at four thirty in the morning? Flicking off his bedside light, he moved to the window and looked out. The gravel path was empty, the street lamp illuminating parked cars but nothing else. Certainly no figure moving around.

Surprised, he returned to bed. Lying down, he felt something – a sharp object digging into his back. He snapped on the light and stared at the wooden crucifix lying in the centre of his bed. It hadn’t been there before he went to the toilet. Someone had come into his room and placed it there … Gingerly, Nicholas picked up the crucifix, then dropped it, standing up and backing away from the bed.

It was not an ordinary crucifix. It was one he knew. But he hadn’t seen it for a long time.

It was the one Nicholas had been given by his sister years earlier, when he had first become a priest. Grabbing the phone, he punched out Honor’s number.

There was no answer.

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