Deadly Focus by R.C. Bridgestock

Author:R.C. Bridgestock [Bridgestock, R.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Limited
Published: 2020-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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At the Hind house, Trevor and Wendy were duplicates of the Spencers. Both looked completely drained and distraught. Wendy looked particularly drawn, her eyes dull and glazed. It was understandable.

‘Is there something new, something to tell us?’ asked Trevor. They both looked eager for an answer, any answer.

The house was full of cards, they blanketed every flat surface, but they weren’t Christmas cards. Wendy saw Dylan and Dawn looking at them.

‘We’ve had condolence cards from people we don’t even know. Letters from people, some who’ve lost their children in horrific ways, they’ve been so kind, so thoughtful and comforting. It’s really helped. Mum would’ve loved them all. They’d have made her cry. It’s been worse because I wasn’t… I couldn’t… be with Mum. I just feel like I’ve let everyone down. I’m so sorry,’ she said as her hand covered her mouth and she fled from the room in tears. Trevor’s eyes were swimming too.

‘I’m sorry, she has good days and bad, mostly bad, but so do I.’ He shrugged his shoulders. ‘I can’t leave her to go back to work yet.’

‘We understand, Trevor. All I can say from experience is that time does heal, but it doesn’t take away the pain of these dark days. Can I ask you something? Do you know a Martin Spencer?’

‘Yes, I do. Why? He’s nothing to do with it, has he? We were school mates.’

‘No. No, nothing like that. His son, Christopher, was murdered.’

‘God, that’s weird. I only saw him… October, at a school reunion. I did hear on the radio about a boy being found dead by the canal, was that his son?’

‘Yeah.’

‘Bloody hell, that’s really shocked me. When you leave school, you have every intention of staying in touch with yer mates don’t ya – but once you start work, you end up drifting in different directions. I’ve seen him knocking about occasionally, but we don’t socialise or anything like that. Then we got invited to this reunion and I thought why not, let’s go and have a look at some of the people I went to school with, and he was there.’

‘How did you hear about it, the reunion?’

‘I’d been on that website, Friends Reunited, a few times, updating what I was doing, working… family; proud dad and all that.’

‘Did you put on any pictures?’ asked Dawn.

‘Just one of Wendy, Daisy and me as my profile picture. You don’t think the reunion’s got anything to do with it, do you? Nothing happened; we only had a drink and a chat. There was no bother or anything like that. I can let you look at the website if you want. I think they’ve put a couple of dozen pictures on since, from that night. They were trying to catch everyone who went.’

‘Who organised it and put the photos on, Trevor, do you know?’

‘A girl called Liz Green. She was always the “organiser” at school. You know, planning the school disco, the school play… she was there. Her contact number’s on the website.

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