The Chemistry of Death - 1 by Simon Beckett

Author:Simon Beckett [Beckett, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery Fiction, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers, Forensic Anthropologists, England
ISBN: 9780385340045
Google: sQAobnI5UgQC
Amazon: 0440335957
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2005-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

Her voice had grown unsteady. She paused for a moment before continuing, in control again.

'He didn't actualy get to rape me. I heard some people nearby. He'd parked in an empty car park, and this group were cutting across it. Just fluke, realy. So I started yeling and kicking on the window. He panicked, pushed me out of the car and drove off. The police said I'd been lucky. And they were right. I'd come out of it with just a few cuts and bruises, it could have been a lot worse. But I didn't feel lucky. I just felt scared.'

'Did they catch him?'

She shook her head. 'I couldn't give them much of a description, and he drove off before anyone could get his number. I didn't even know the name of the taxi company, because I'd flagged him down in the street. So he's stil out there somewhere.'

She flicked the grass into the water. It floated on the surface, barely making an impression.

'It got so I was afraid to go out. I wasn't frightened of seeing him again, it was just... everything. It was like, if something like that had happened for no reason once, it might again. Any time. And so I decided to get out of the city. Go and live somewhere nice and safe. Saw this job advertised and ended up here.' She gave a crooked smile. 'Good move, hey?'

'I'm glad you did.'

The words were out before I knew it. I quickly looked out across the lake, anywhere but at her. Idiot! I fumed. Why the hell did you say that?

Neither of us spoke. I turned to find her watching me. She gave me a hesitant smile.

'Want a crisp?' she asked.

The awkwardness passed. Relieved, I reached for the wine.

In the coming days I would look back on this afternoon as one last glimmer of blue sky before the storm.

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