A Fatal Night by Faith Martin
Author:Faith Martin [Martin, Faith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2021-08-23T17:00:00+00:00
Chapter 18
âInfidelity? Youâre right, that is dreary,â Clement drawled, not batting an eyelid. âWhich one of them was being accused of it?â
âOh he was, definitely,â the artist said, gurgling with laughter around the glass, which had been pressed to her lips. âI heard the name Vicky mentioned, I believe. And he wasnât happy about it, I can assure you. Millieâs charmer wanted nothing more than to get her out of there before she could spill the beans good and proper. Kept hissing at her that theyâd discuss things tomorrow.â
âWhat things?â
âAlas, that I canât tell you,â she apologised vaguely. âThey didnât actually say. That is, our gate-crasher intimated, hinted, suggested and downright threatened, but never actually came out with specifics.â
âBut Terry Parker understood the threat?â
âIâd say so!â the artist said with another delighted gurgle. âIf I hadnât already been three sheets to the wind, Iâd have been more appreciative. The last thing Iâd have expected at a Millie Vander party would be actual entertainment! So, whatâs next? You promised me â what was it ⦠tragedy or death and something-or-other? Weâve done the gossip and the mystery, so letâs get on to the tragedy,â she said with relish.
Clement reached forward and picked up the Oxford Tribune. âRead the papers lately?â
âHah! Not I!â Katherine snorted. âI go straight to the âfunniesâ then the crossword. So-called news is hardly ever that, is it â news, I mean?â
âAh, then you missed the death bit. Millieâs charmer, to be precise.â
For a second Katherine Morton went very still and then she tossed off her drink and said flatly, âSo he died?â
âYou donât sound surprised,â Clement said quietly.
The artist shrugged. âDying isnât really so surprising, is it? People do it all the time,â she stated dully. The sparkle had definitely gone now, and it seemed to Clement that she reached forward and lit yet another cigarette more out of habit than anything else.
âWe found his body in his crashed car early on New Yearâs Day,â Clement informed her. âWe believe he died shortly after leaving Millieâs house that night. Or early morning, I should say.â
Trudy, watching her, saw the artist turn her head and stare at the sideboard. Was she going to pour herself another large whisky? How much did the woman drink during the day? But perhaps she was doing the older woman a disservice, for the artist made no effort to rise.
âPoor old Millie,â Katherine Morton said quietly instead. âTo have your grand affair, your gloriously defiant pie-in-lifeâs-face moment end before it had even properly begun ⦠What a damned shame. The woman will probably never work up the courage to actually âliveâ again.â
She sighed heavily.
âDid you see Terry leave the party?â Clement asked next. It wasnât that he didnât agree with Katherineâs sentiments, just that, at that moment, Millie Vanderâs troubles were not his priority.
âNope.â
âThereâs some debate over whether or not he had a passenger with him in the car.â
âDid he?â Katherine asked quickly â if a little indistinctly â around a mouthful of whisky.
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