Getaway Island (Trust Casefiles, #9) by Lee Cushing

Author:Lee Cushing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lee Cushing
Published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Raising his head as Daphne stormed into his office, Simon saw her lean over his desk. “Anything I can do for you?”

“I want Catherine to suffer, I don’t want her dead.”

“I don’t get why the change of heart?”

“She’s pissed me off.” She moved round the desk, “Is there anywhere on the island we can contain her, trap her indefinitely?”

“I don’t know.”

One of the other staff raised his head, “Maybe the containments at the hydro-electric plant that were installed thirty years ago will be adequate for such an undertaking.”

“Thank you, Adam.”

“How about it?” Would they be capable of holding her?”

“I suppose in theory but I wouldn’t want to be bet on it.”

“We could always check them out. Care for a field trip?”

Getting out of his chair, Simon moved to the front of his desk, grabbing the keys to one of the staff cars. “No reason I can think of.” Hurrying through the door, he glanced at the woman in the outer office. “Janelle, cancel my two o’clock, I’ll be out of the office for a couple of hours.”

Following him through the outer office, Daphne exited the hotel and stopped by the car which he got inside. He reached forward and pushed in the ignition key, turning it to start the car.

Daphne slipped on the seatbelt, tugging it to check its tightness.

“The containment cells might not be up to much, we haven’t used them in a long time, almost thirty years.”

Feeling the car begin moving, Daphne jerked as the wheels hit a bump in the road.

Continuing over more bumps, Simon glanced at her. “Sorry, we don’t have a lot of funds for road maintenance, especially in the more remote areas of the island.”

Coming to the top of an hill, Daphne saw the plant appear in view, the car beginning to descend into the valley beyond.

Stopped the car outside a pair of padlocked gates, Simin got out and unlocked the padlocks, pushing the gates open. He glanced at Daphne still sat in the car, “I don’t know what condition the cells are in, or even if they’re capable of holding Catherine.” He led Daphne through the gate and toward the plant, “Wouldn’t you rather just put her down? It’s quick, no muss, no fuss.”

Entering the plant, Daphne shook her head. “I told you, killing Catherine, it would be over too quickly and I want her to suffer for as long as possible.”

“If it was me, I’d want her dead, buried and forgotten about. The last thing I’d want is to be constantly reminded of her.”

“I’m not you.’ She stepped inside one of the containment cells, knocking each of the metal walls. “If the others are of a similar standard, we should have no problem holding Catherine.”

“You’re satisfied then, your plan will work?”

“Provided nothing unexpected happens, it should all go down without an hitch.”

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