Dead Scared by Bolton S J

Author:Bolton, S J [Bolton, S J]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781409030676
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 2012-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

ON THE QUEEN’S Road Joesbury found an empty parking space and opened his laptop. He connected to Scotland Yard’s central computer system and typed in a six-digit code. A few seconds later he was looking at a map of Cambridge. A red dot travelling along the A1303 told him his quarry was getting close.

He pushed the seat further back and closed his eyes for a second. He should have left for London half an hour ago. People were expecting him and God knows he was tired. He’d go, just as soon as he’d seen her.

When he opened his eyes again the red dot was very close. He could see her headlights approaching from behind. He watched, half hoping she’d see the reflection of his eyes in the mirror and stop. She didn’t. She drove on before reversing into a space just five yards or so from his. He heard the engine die, saw the headlights disappear and felt a moment’s exasperation. What the hell was she thinking of, parking this far away from the buildings? Any old low-life could be hanging round.

Joesbury smiled to himself. Any old low-life was probably exactly how she’d describe him.

The driver’s door opened and she got out. She was wearing tight jeans tucked into flat-heeled boots and a bottle green military coat. He knew, because he’d seen the receipts she’d submitted, that the coat had cost twenty-five quid in one of the bigger supermarkets. Even in daylight it wouldn’t look cheap on her. Nothing ever did.

She’d opened the rear door and was leaning inside, as though talking to someone on the back seat, and if she’d brought some half-drunk kid home for a quick shag he might just blow his cover and land the git one.

She’d got a dog.

A dog, the size and shape of a greyhound, but with the white markings on its legs, face and tail that gave away its collie parentage, had jumped from the car and was wagging its tail as if it had been reunited with its owner after years of separation. She’d fastened something round its collar to act as a lead and was bending into the car again.

Joesbury rubbed his eyes. He’d been on some stakeouts in his time.

She was out of the car again and the dog was beside itself with excitement. Joesbury watched as Lacey bent down and pulled a small square Styrofoam box from a large paper bag. She opened it, picked something out with her finger and thumb and popped it into her mouth. The rest she put on the ground and let the dog help itself.

Three minutes later, when the dog was licking the grease off the empty box, Lacey reached into the car again and brought out a half litre of bottled water. She poured some into the carton and let the dog lap it up. When it had done, she walked it up and down the small patch of grass until nature took its course and the dog stopped and squatted.

OK, that was it.

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