The Chapel by S T Boston

The Chapel by S T Boston

Author:S T Boston [Boston, S T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evenfall - A Next Chapter Imprint
Published: 2019-12-08T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter 22

The disappearance of Ellie and Henry Harrison hit the local BBC News Cornwall in time for the early breakfast six AM broadcast that Sunday morning. By the time the news went out at lunchtime, it had gone national. Not the main headline story, but Samuels expected that in a similar way to that of a popular song climbing the charts, soon enough it would hit that top spot.

"It's countrywide news now,” he said, addressing both Carol and Rob Harrison who sat together on a small sofa that very likely pulled out to make a bed, thus enabling this to be called a Family Room. He stood, for there were not many places to sit, this was also a brief visit and he wanted to be on the move again as soon as he could. Their faces were pallid, hers more pallid than his. It also wore the look of a person who’d not slept, and who’d been awake all night running through questions in their mind that they’d not been able to answer.

The room at the Travel Lodge wasn’t cramped, but it wasn’t exactly lavish, either. The bed was unmade despite it being lunchtime, the covers were bundled up at the foot and half hanging down to the floor, testimony to a restless night. The air was fousty and had that shut-in smell, not body odour as such, just an unpleasant mustiness.

Carol Harrison looked at him fleetingly, but her eyes were vacant, he smiled weakly back at her. Her face, that might once have just passed as attractive now looked sallow, her eyes were sunken back in the deep shadows of their sockets and there were worry or stress lines on her pale skin that looked to have been born long before the last day of hell that she’d no doubt endured. He tried to put himself in their position. He couldn’t. No matter how hard he tried, and he inwardly reminded himself that whatever time he eventually managed to get home he’d be sure to kiss both his girls. Even if they were asleep, as they often were. So many times, they’d been sleeping soundly when he left for work and then in bed by the time he got home, but that was the job and he knew he'd never do anything else. His wife Kiera understood, or understood as well as anyone on the outside could. He guessed it was more of a tolerance than anything else. Maybe saying someone understood was wrong.

He cleared his throat, "The coverage will spread via social media faster than a bushfire. That’s where people get their news from nowadays. Their pictures will be on almost every Facebook and Twitter feed on almost every phone. If someone has seen either Ellie or Henry, we will soon know.”

“And if they don’t show?” Rob Harrison asked him sharply. “Just how long will it be before your enquiry focuses on us and we are asked to help with your investigation, just in a more formal



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