When the Guilty Cry by M J Lee

Author:M J Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 45

After Ridpath left, Sophia thought about going out for another coffee, but realised she’d already drunk two that day. If she went for a third, she would be up all night staring at the walls, trying to make sheep jump over stupid fences, or even worse, wasting her time on Twitter reading the latest gossip.

‘Time to do some work,’ she said out loud.

The office was quiet.

The coroner’s door was closed as she was preparing for her inquest. Helen Moore was somewhere in Derbyshire being a locum coroner, while Jenny was in the courtroom making sure the Covid protocols were being followed to the letter.

Ridpath’s absence only emphasised the emptiness. Somehow, he filled it whenever he was there. Sophia hadn’t seen him much recently. Yesterday at the Ryders was the longest she’d spent with him in the last week. He always seemed to be rushing here and there, never really spending long enough in any one place to get anything finished. She was beginning to worry about him. A diet of soggy sandwiches, pasties and coffee was not good for his health.

‘Not your job to worry about me,’ she said, mimicking his voice. ‘Just do the bloody work.’ She mock-saluted. ‘Yes, sir, Mr Ridpath.’

She wrote out a to-do list.

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