Torchwood: Long Time Dead by Pinborough Sarah

Author:Pinborough, Sarah [Pinborough, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781446417195
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

‘Both hairs come from the same person,’ Cutler said, trying to keep his focus on Commander Jackson rather than his gorgeous new assistant. And she was gorgeous, there was no denying that. She had eyes you could drown in and they were focused on him. Was it his imagination or did she feel the same sudden rush of chemistry that he did?

‘So, you’ve found the killer?’

‘Not exactly.’ Cutler shook his head, turning his attention back to her boss. ‘You may have to do that. When our forensics people ran the DNA through the system all they got back was that the result was classified. Even the commissioner couldn’t get a result when he tried this morning. Whoever this is, it looks more like one of yours than a civilian.’

‘Well, that would fit in with the missing suit,’ the woman cut in. She was well spoken with no hint of an obvious accent. She smiled and Cutler was sure there was a slight tease in it. ‘To be honest, did you expect anything different? I’m sure ever since the Department declared an interest, you’ve been pretty sure that any evidence would lead you here.’ She held out a slim hand. ‘I’m Sue Costa, by the way. The Commander’s new liaison. I look somewhat less obvious than a soldier, we hope.’

‘Tom Cutler. And yes, you do.’ Somewhere in the background noise, Cutler was aware that the Commander was apologising for not introducing them and saying something about not being used to having an assistant that wasn’t an invisible corporal or squaddie, but he wasn’t listening. Sue Costa’s hand was smooth and her skin cool, and it looked like if he licked it, she would taste of honey made from some exotic pollen. His heart thumped as they looked at each other. There was something about her – something that drew him in, just like the site drew him in. Something scratched momentarily against the inside of his skull, something dark and troubling. She squeezed his palm as if she felt it too.

He pulled his hand back and swallowed. He needed to get this under control. He was behaving like a teenage virgin, and it was a long time since he’d been either of those things.

‘I appreciate that you want to keep all this in house, Commander,’ Cutler said, ‘and if it was just soldiers that were dying then I’d let you. But as there are ordinary people involved, could you please keep me in the loop. It’s my neck on the line if there’s no result. When you know who the hair belongs to, I would very much like to sit in on the questioning.’

‘I’ll have to check that with my superiors at the Department.’ Jackson’s face was giving him a definite no to the request, but Cutler hadn’t lost anything by asking. It had told him that there were things they were doing at this site that they didn’t want the general public – the police even – to know about.

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