Evil Angels Among Them by Kate Charles

Author:Kate Charles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SPCK

CHAPTER 17

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

Psalm 9.4

The trip to the police station was accomplished without incident; David handed over Gill and Lou’s carefully prepared statements and had a word with the officer on duty regarding Becca’s complaint. ‘I’d appreciate it if you could send a WPC to interview her,’ he suggested, anxious to avoid the nightmare of John Spring or someone of his ilk salivating over Becca and the lurid details of the phone calls. ‘It’s a fairly delicate matter, as you’ll appreciate, and I think that a woman is called for.’ The officer nodded. ‘And perhaps she might come in plain clothes,’ David added. ‘Judging from the timing of the calls, it seems fairly evident that the house is being watched. We don’t want to alert the caller that the police have been involved.’

Later he dropped Gill and Lou off at Foxglove Cottage, refusing the offer of refreshment but going in to collect Lucy. Gill saw them off at the door. ‘Thanks for everything,’ she said with a rueful smile. ‘You’ve made it all comparatively painless.’

David returned her smile, raising his eyebrows. ‘Sounds like a tooth extraction.’

‘Something like that.’

‘But it’s not over yet, you know,’ he reminded her. ‘Just beginning, I’d say.’

Gill sighed. ‘Where do we go from here, then?’

He thought for a moment. ‘That depends on the police, to a great extent. But we have a lot more talking to do, you and I.’

‘Come back tonight,’ Gill invited. ‘Both of you. Come for some supper and we’ll talk.’

At the Rectory, Stephen and Becca were waiting for them in the kitchen, his arm protectively and tenderly around her shoulders.

‘How did it go?’ Stephen demanded. ‘Tell us what happened.’

David interpreted correctly that he was referring not to Gill and Lou but to Becca’s statement. ‘There was no problem,’ he assured them. ‘They’ll be sending someone along to talk to Becca – a woman, I asked for. And it won’t be until tomorrow.’

Becca nodded bravely, drawing on her husband’s strength. ‘All right. I can cope.’ She looked at the clock. ‘I was beginning to worry that you wouldn’t be back in time.’

They looked at her blankly.

‘Tea at Walston Hall, Lucy. Remember? We’re meant to be there at four. We’ll have to leave in a few minutes.’

Going to tea at Walston Hall wasn’t exactly what either Becca or Lucy wanted to do at that moment, but as they traversed the footpath between the Rectory and the Hall they agreed that it was perhaps a useful way to take their minds off everything else.

Diana Mansfield welcomed them warmly and ushered them into a drawing room which was cosy and liveable but at the same time large enough not to be dominated by the massive grand piano in the corner. The decor and furnishings reflected the availability of a great deal of money and a corresponding quantity of good taste – if not on the part of Diana herself, at least that of some expensive interior designer.

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