The Seaside Detective Agency by J C Williams

Author:J C Williams [Williams, J C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-04T05:00:00+00:00

“Sam, will you stop sobbing? That’s not going to help anyone, now is it?” Emma told Sam as if admonishing a small child, though not without sympathy.

“I’m not crying,” insisted Sam, unconvincingly. “I’ve got something in my eye, is all,” he said, wiping the moisture from his cheek, before abruptly abandoning all pretence. “How could I let them take my Abby??” he wailed.

Emma moved to him. “Allow me,” she said, using a damp tea towel to wipe away the dried blood from his cheek. “You have quite a nasty gash here. It may require some stitches. Have you injured your lower back?” she asked, in reference to Sam rubbing his rump. “Have you whacked your coccyx?”

“What? No!” Sam replied, horrified. “Nothing like that!” he said, misunderstanding. “No,” said Sam. “It’s these bloody shorts, they’ve nearly cut me in two.”

“So what do we do now?” Emma asked.

“Well, I can promise you they’re going straight in the bin as soon as I can get my jeans to change into,” replied Sam.

“I’m not talking about your shorts!” Emma responded. “For god’s sake, I mean about this current situation. Your friend has been taken, and I cannot stay in this place. They’re going to find me in no time if they’ve got her.”

“They’ll hurt her?” whimpered Sam.

Emma nodded her head. “If Mr Esposito thinks she knows where I am, then, yes, she’s in real danger. As we are, also.”

“This is pants,” said Sam. “I can’t just sit here. I’m going to phone the police.”

“You can’t,” Emma reproved. “They’ve got my sister, remember, and now they’ve also got your friend. If you go to the police, they wouldn’t think twice about killing them. Trust me, I know.”

“And you know what I know?” said Sam, suddenly angry, throwing the towel on the floor. “All this mess has happened since you came on the bloody scene!”

“It’s not been a bundle of joy for me either!” Emma shouted. “Don’t forget, thanks to you, I’ve now got not one but two crazed psychopaths trying to hunt me down and kill me!”

Sam bowed his head. “Oh, yeah. About that,” he said in a more conciliatory fashion. “I forgot to tell you, I may have misled you — by accident! — about the whole Mr Justus thing.”

Emma looked at him hard. “Misled me, how?” she demanded.

“Well… on reflection, I gave him the correct painting, I think. So, technically, it’s just the one. Psychopath, that is. Just one, not two. So he — Mr Justus — should be happy?”

Emma’s expression softened somewhat. “Well, that’s actually good news, I suppose. But it’s still like waiting to be eaten by one lion instead of two.”

“Would Mr Justus know where Mr Esposito has taken Abby?” Sam was clutching at straws.

“What? No, of course not,” Emma replied. “Mr Justus has never met him and probably doesn’t even know he exists. I doubt their paths have ever crossed. I’m the only one that’s ever met him and all the others who’ve been ripped off — been involved

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