Pulse (A Kate Redman Mystery by Celina Grace

Author:Celina Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isaro Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Kate spent the next morning gathering all the information that she could on the two cases she’d discussed with Anderton, that of Simon Hardy and the other man, a boy really, one Jay Lightner. She’d had a very formal and official meeting with Anderton in his office to discuss the possibility of liaising with the other police forces that had dealt with those particular cases. Both she and Anderton had been extremely professional in their interaction – no scribbled dinner invitations this time – and as she walked back to her desk, Kate found herself thinking that there was something not quite healthy about putting on this much of a front, for so long a period. The mental strain caused by pretending reality was one thing, while it was something actually quite different, was finally starting to tell.

She sat down rather suddenly in her chair and stared at the screensaver on her computer screen, feeling quite like she might actually cry for a moment.

“You all right, bird?” asked Chloe, from across the desk.

Kate immediately sat up and pinned a smile on her face. “Fine, thanks. I’m fine. Just a bit tired.”

“Hmm.” Chloe went on scrutinising her until Kate felt like the top layer of the skin of her face was being burned away. “Are you really?”

“Yes.”

Chloe continued to stare. “I’m bothered about you.”

Kate couldn’t stand it any longer. With an attempt at a light laugh, she got up. “I’m fine, Chloe, really. Just got so much to do.”

She walked away, ostensibly to make herself a coffee but really to have a bit of time to calm down. I’m telling so many lies to everyone. She stared blankly at the slowly boiling kettle. Was Anderton really worth this? Was he?

She deliberately shut the thought off, made her coffee without spilling too many granules over the kitchen counter, and walked slowly back to her desk with the mug, taking some deep breaths. Chloe was answering a phone call when Kate sat back down which bought her a few more minutes.

They worked in not quite comfortable silence for a few minutes after Chloe had put the phone down. Kate decided it was up to her to break it. “Have we had the PM report in on Keith Farmer yet?”

Chloe sounded reasonably natural. “Yes, Rav’s going through it at the moment.”

“Do you know what the cause of death was?”

“Yes. GHB overdose, same as Joe Vickers.”

“Right.” Kate felt suddenly laser-focused on her work. “Don’t suppose you know if our witness Michael White has been in to do the photo-fit?”

“Now, that I don’t.”

“He has,” Theo called over; he had a bad habit of eavesdropping. “He’s here with them right now. Once it’s done, Anderton’s going to do another press statement so they can start circulating it.”

“Great. Who’s checking CCTV?”

“That’s on my to-do list today, just my luck.” Theo yawned and stretched. “What did I overhear you talking to Anderton about?”

Kate thanked her lucky stars that she and Anderton had kept it so professional. She explained about the trawling of the database for similar cases.

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