Dr Samantha Willerby Box Set by A J Waines

Author:A J Waines [Waines, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912604692
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2019-03-05T22:00:00+00:00

When I got home, Miranda was furious.

‘So you trot out to lunch – Con told me – for the whole bloody afternoon and leave me to do your nannying for you?’ She was pulling on her jacket.

‘I wasn’t socialising,’ I said. ‘I was meeting an expert on motivational psychology.’

She sneered at me. ‘I’m off.’

‘Where is he?’

‘In the bath.’ She flung open the front door and slammed it so hard, my post flew off the windowsill.

In spite of her reservations about my line of questioning, Imogen had promised to email me some recent research on mind-control and I intended to spend the rest of the day scouring the articles, while keeping Con occupied with some DVDs and a Chinese takeaway.

I put the kettle on and opened up my laptop. I could hear the radio playing from the bathroom; an old song, Vienna by Ultravox, and decided to leave Con in peace. He liked to sing in the bath and I expected him to break into song any moment. Once the kettle had boiled, I waited for his voice, then when I couldn’t even make out any splashes of water, I crept closer to the closed door. The only sounds were the sultry tones of Amy Winehouse now, hissing away, slightly off station.

How long had Con been in there?

A shaft of dread shot down my breastbone.

‘Con? CON? Are you okay?’

I tried the handle, but the door didn’t budge. I hammered on the wood.

Standing back, I considered whether I’d have enough strength to break down the door. I thumped it again with my fist and pressed my ear to it. No sound except the DJ. I took a deep breath, turned sideways and positioned my shoulder in front of the door. I was about to launch myself at it when there was a tiny click and the door opened. Con was bleary-eyed, one of my towels wrapped around his waist.

‘I fell asleep,’ he muttered. ‘Has she gone?’

I nodded.

‘There’s something I’ve just remembered,’ he said, leaning against the door frame, still dripping. ‘Oh God, this is really bad. It just hit me when I got out of the bath…’

‘What is it?’ I said, half holding him up.

‘There was a woman with a baby. Wrapped in a blanket…just ahead of me on the escalator. I’d forgotten until now. It was before the massive fireball filled the ticket hall. There was billowing smoke and everyone was freaking out, pushing and shoving to get out.’ He ran his hand through his hair and shuddered. I reached past him to grab my dressing gown.

‘The woman with the baby broke into a run, but someone caught her on the arm and she fell. Within seconds, the fireball exploded in the hall. I knew the baby must have landed on the floor. I could hear the mother screaming right near me, but I kept going. I didn’t stop to help.’

He melted into sobs. ‘I didn’t stop. What kind of man am I?’

I held him, his body twitching and shuddering with remorse.

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