Transferral by Kate Blair

Author:Kate Blair
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: 2015-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

BANQUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL, LONDON

FIFTEEN DAYS LEFT

I LEAN BACK, AS if I’ve been slapped. What’s going on? The policewoman continues with the caution. Around us, the well-dressed party supporters move closer to catch her words.

“Anything you do say may be given in evidence.” She takes a deep breath. “It would be best for everyone if we don’t have to use the handcuffs.”

There are flashbulbs going off around us, fast as strobe lighting.

She puts her hand on my shoulder, turns me toward the door, and starts to guide me through the crowd. People are pushing to get closer to us. People with cameras and microphones.

“There must have been a mistake.”

The policewoman shakes her head, and we keep walking.

I twist my neck around. Dad’s still on stage, mic in hand, staring. “What’s going on?” he demands, voice amplified.

“You can join us at the station, sir,” the second officer, an older man, says. Camera flashes focus on my father’s baffled expression. As I turn away, Piers is stumbling up the steps to the stage and leading him off to one side, out of the glare of the media.

The police keep moving me forward. I hear the muffled sound of the mic being dropped, and then we’re out into the entrance hall. I don’t ask if we can stop to get my coat, don’t even think about it until we’re outside and the wind is cold on my bare shoulders. I’m so exposed. There are more media here, TV cameras too, their lights blinding in the darkness outside. Someone must have tipped them off. I raise an arm to shield my eyes as shouted questions explode all around me.

The police car is waiting. The female officer opens the door, puts a hand on my head and guides me into the car, awkward in my heels and floor-length gown. I pull the last of the silky fabric in next to me, and she slams the door shut on the noise, the questions, the paparazzi outside. It’s a relief when we pull away.

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