The Necessary Deaths by David C. Dawson

Author:David C. Dawson [Dawson, David C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
ISBN: 978-1-63477-451-2
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

JOHN WALKED up to the window that separated them from Simon as Samantha entered the room. He placed the palm of his hand on the glass. His shoulders sagged as he looked at the almost lifeless form of his friend and lover lying in the bed beyond.

Gemma gently laid a hand on his shoulder. “Come on. Let’s do something practical. You carry on working on deciphering those files you found on Si’s laptop, and I’ll go and get some coffee for all of us. I’m sure Si’s mum could do with it.”

John pulled away from the window and sat down heavily on one of the hard plastic seats. He heaved Simon’s aging laptop out of his shoulder bag and opened up the screen. Ten minutes later, when Gemma returned with three plastic cups of hot brown liquid, he raised his face to her with a look of triumph.

“John, don’t tell me you’ve cracked it! What have you found?”

John beckoned Gemma to look at the screen. He was careful to keep it turned away from the police officer stationed by the door of Simon’s room. John showed Gemma the list of addresses he had found.

“I knew this laptop would be treasure trove,” he said with excitement. “I never really saw Si using it. He always seemed to be on the computers in the library. Just before we set off, I’d found some unusual hidden folders on the D drive. I never took Si to be a techie type. There’s a lot I don’t know about him, it seems. He’s got address lists that would make your toes curl.” There was a hint of admiration in his voice as he added, “He’s going to be a great journalist, Gemma. Take a look at this.”

Gemma set the cups of coffee down on the corridor floor and sat next to him. She leaned in to take a closer look at the screen. “It looks like a list of students—some of them have got halls of residence as their addresses. What’s the big deal?”

John kept his voice low, conscious of the two policemen standing close by. “Yeah, they’re students in the Barton Kane drug trials. You knew Si was into that. I’m one of their guinea pigs. He recruited me last year when I joined the house. Didn’t he ever approach you?”

Gemma shook her head.

“Strange. Maybe you don’t fit the profile or something. I knew that he must have something like this list hidden somewhere. But it’s what I found with it that’s the interesting bit.”

John brought up a different address list on the screen. This time several of the names had companies listed alongside them.

“I want to know why Si has got the names and addresses of a bunch of company executives and what look like Members of Parliament on a list hidden in his laptop. They’re tied up with Barton Kane in some way, I’m sure of it. Si’s put some cryptic notes alongside each of them. God, we really need to talk to him.

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