Bromington Heights by Trisha Kelly

Author:Trisha Kelly
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9798632583312
Published: 2020-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

Albert trudged through a shallow fresh-water stream, many miles away from the fishing pits and the reservoir. He’d doubled back on himself and dumped the barrow a long way back. Confident he’d lost the scent trail to any searching dogs barking in the distance. He was now going to hide in plain sight. Somewhere they’d already searched. In two days, it would all be over.

Thursday evening

“Do you really think we should do it this way, Anna? It isn’t safe.”

“Well, maybe not a Ouija board as such then. How about you just ask out loud? You know, something like: ‘Hey, Aunt Dorothea, can you give us a bit of a clue about Saturday night. Just to keep us one step ahead’. Or something like that.”

“We could just look in the chest I suppose. A little peek?” Rosie tapped her index finger rapidly, momentarily lost in thought.

“You said you wouldn’t look for at least a year and… well, who’s counting?” Anna’s eyes took on a spark of excitement. “After all, we know James is in danger, we know the day, all we need is a small clue as to the whereabouts of our killer.”

“Wine. Would you like a small glass? There’s something just a tiny bit disturbing about Dorothea’s papers. What if we don’t like what we find?”

“Stay where you are. Red or white?” The devil in Anna was surfacing. Sometimes, Rosie needed just a friendly nudge in the right direction. The chest in the basement was calling and besides, the signs were beginning.

The cat sprang from inside the pram behind the sofa, leapt across the chairback and dug her sharp claws into Rosie’s shoulders before high tailing it to the kitchen. “Ouch, Bumble!” Rosie cried. The bang of the cat flap encouraged Bear to leap from the cushion and chase the distraught moggy. He was much slower and by the time he manoeuvred his large adorable head through the shrinking flap, Bumble was long gone.

Not so the pigeons and small birds, who he took great delight in showing who was boss around here. His continual barking scared them all away. Around and around he ran barking at the wind until he eventually went off for a sniff around the bushes.

“Just look at him, Anna. I don’t think he’ll ever stop being a puppy.”

“Well, Boo-boo, he’s digging again, probably found another muddy bone. Here, while he’s busy take your glass with you. I’d rather read some notes than encourage strange spirits into our home.”

Rosie closed the kitchen door behind them, taking the bottle with her. When Bear decided to come in again he was going to need another bath. No way was he traipsing mud all over the place!

“Oh! Look… on the table. That wasn’t there before.” Just for a moment, Rosie stood with her mouth wide open in surprise.

Anna pulled a spooked face. There on the coffee table was one sheet of distinctive paper. It was from Dorothea’s papers. Just one sheet. This was going to stop them in their tracks. There was nothing else of concern in the chest they needed to know about.

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