Twisted The DS Lasser series. Volume four. by Robin Roughley

Author:Robin Roughley [Roughley, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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'Right come on, which one of you fools wants to explain what happened?'

Lasser stood at the open kitchen door. Bannister had ordered Cathy and Rawlins into the garden, now they stood on the patio, backs against the fence like a couple of firing squad victims.

Rawlins looked nervous; Cathy had her hands clasped behind her back, her eyes locked on Bannister.

'There was an argument between the two women,' Cathy explained. 'Things got out of hand, that's when Sarah ran from the house and disappeared.'

Bannister gave a slow handclap and Lasser watched as Cathy's face turned a becoming shade of pink. 'And did you draw lots to see which one of you was going to go and get her back?'

'I went sir,' Rawlins mumbled. 'But...'

'Don't tell me by the time you'd taken off your carpet slippers and put on your boots she was half way across the field.'

Rawlins looked pained by the accusation. 'I tried to follow, sir, but she disappeared into the trees.'

'And you didn't want your brew going cold so you came straight back here...?'

'No sir,' Rawlins shook his head vigorously. 'I went into the woods to see if I could find her. I mean I shouted her name but she must have been hiding or still running.'

'I see,' Bannister looked up at the sky. 'So what do you suggest we do now?'

Rawlins looked bemused. 'Me?'

'Yes, come on Rawlins, enlighten me.'

The constable cleared his throat, shuffled his feet, and threw Cathy Harper a pleading glance.

'I mean would you suggest calling in help to try and find Mrs Palmer?'

'Probably, sir.'

Lasser waited for the explosion, he could see Rawlins digging a hole that he would never be able to crawl free of.

'Right so how many bodies do you suggest?'

Rawlins licked his lips, 'I'm not really sure...'

'What about dog handlers?' Bannister asked, a thin smile on his lips.

'Good idea, sir.'

'So let's say half a dozen officers and a couple of dog handlers to search the woodland.'

'That sounds about right...'

'And why do we need them Rawlins?'

Cathy closed her eyes it was like waiting for a punch line to a bad joke, trouble was she didn't think Rawlins could see it coming. She glanced at Lasser who gave her a slight shrug and grimaced.

'I'm sorry sir, I...'

'We need them because you're an idiot don't we? Because of your stupidity we have a woman out there who could very well be in danger.' Bannister jabbed out a finger. 'We have some maniac who has already killed four people, four fucking people,' he hissed. 'And now we have a missing witness to add to the burden.'

'But it wasn't just me, sir,' he threw a look towards Cathy. 'There were two of us here.'

Bannister slowly tick-tocked his head from side to side. 'You disgust me, Rawlins, first Spenner get's knifed because you're too bone idle to help a colleague, and now you try and lay the blame for your incompetence on someone else...'

'But...'

Bannister took a step forward and Rawlins backed up until he hit the fence. 'Go home, Rawlins, you're suspended from duty.

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