A Cut Above the Rest by C. B. Barrie

Author:C. B. Barrie [Barrie, C. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Britain's Next Bestseller
Published: 2019-11-01T22:00:00+00:00

When Felton’s phone rang he was about to make headway to the Metlab canteen for a lunchtime snack. Tempted as he was to ignore the call, he turned on his heel and picked up the receiver.

‘Felton.’

The voice that answered him was not known to him, so to avoid failing to appear professional he assumed his politest stance. The voice queried again.

‘Mr. Felton, Mr. Charles Felton?’

‘Yes indeed, how can I help’?

‘Mr Felton, my name is Nichols, Sergeant Nichols of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary at St Ives. I got your name from a business card you gave to DC Meredith when he visited your site to investigate the disappearance of your employee Mr. Eric Holden. According to what Meredith told me, he was due to visit your laboratories this morning. May I ask, is DC Meredith still with you?’

Felton was momentarily flustered, he had entirely forgotten that Meredith was due to arrive that morning – so where was he?’

‘I’m sorry to tell you Sergeant, DC Meredith never kept his appointment, I assumed other, more pressing, matters had distracted him. I supposed he would call later to explain his absence and make another appointment.’

For a good few seconds Felton heard nothing coming down the telephone line.

‘I see, so you have had no contact with Meredith since last you saw him?’

‘No – he made this mornings appointment some days ago after some forensic reports got to him, That’s all I know I’m afraid.’

Nichols let his mind run over the possible reasons why Meredith might not have made it to Morvah and Metlab.

‘Okay, my thanks Mr. Felton, I seem to be involved in another missing persons investigation. If you learn something regarding Meredith’s current location please let me know – I’ll be very grateful.’

Felton nodded his head, although utterly futile in terms of the unknown and invisible person at the other end of the line.

‘Of course, you can rely on it.’

‘Thanks.’

As the line went dead the ominous aspect of Meredith’s disappearance gave Felton a sense of dread. After all, two individuals vanishing without cause or reason was just too much of a coincidence. He only hoped that Meredith would reappear, making the tally just one. That at least didn’t send shivers down his spine.

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