The Conspiracy 4 by Jack Probyn

Author:Jack Probyn [Jack, Probyn,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912628247
Publisher: Cliff Edge Press
Published: 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

| EPISODE 4 |

CHAPTER EIGHT

ASSUMPTIONS

Bridger brought the car to a stop twenty yards from the Harbour Car Park. With them was a convoy of armed support in the back of a van. In the centre of the car park was the stolen Audi. The front bumper was smashed; one of the headlights was missing, the metal bent; and the bonnet had crumpled under impact. The car was written off, and the passenger-side door had been left open.

‘They must have left in a hurry,’ Bridger said as he climbed out of the vehicle.

Jake and Smithers followed, and then all three stopped by the front of the car as they watched the armed support alight from the van. There, they received instructions to remain where they were while the firearms team approached the abandoned Audi for any signs of life or threat. It was clear to all of them that they were under Hampshire Police’s control now.

A minute later, Jake, Bridger and Smithers were given the all-clear.

Before they were allowed to investigate the Audi for themselves, they changed into their forensic suits. Bridger was the first to the car. He rounded the front and stopped by the opened passenger door.

‘What can you see?’ Jake asked as he edged closer to the vehicle.

Bridger reached in, out of Jake’s sight, and removed something. At first, he couldn’t see what it was, but then, as Bridger shuffled around the vehicle, the object came into view.

‘The mask,’ Jake whispered. In Bridger’s hand was the insidious mask that had been a source of his own nightmares for weeks following The Crimsons’ last heist in Oxford. It invoked fear and horror in him every time he saw it.

‘I think we can finally confirm it’s The Crimsons,’ Bridger said.

‘You mean you think you can finally confirm it’s The Crimsons. The rest of us have known all along.’

Bridger ignored Jake and continued. ‘We’re close. We can’t be too far behind.’

Jake took another step closer to the vehicle and looked through the window. Bullet casings were scattered along the floor, and a few jewels and crystals were buried in the seams of the seats from where they’d fallen out of their bags.

‘Do you know if the officer they shot is OK?’ Jake asked.

‘Sedated,’ Smithers said by Jake’s side. ‘Heavily sedated. They caught him in the side of neck, but someone got pressure on it quickly, helped him until the ambulance showed up – he was lucky.’

As soon as he finished speaking, a flurry of liveried police cars skidded to a halt on the outskirts of the perimeter that had been set up. It was another patrol from Hampshire Police. Joining them, from the back, was an unmarked car. Two officers disembarked and patrolled towards them.

‘What’s going on here?’ one of the uniformed officers asked them. From the way he spoke and the presence he held over the rest of the team, it was clear to Jake that he was the officer in command.

‘DS Bridger. Surrey Police,’ Bridger replied.

‘We have no need for you here, Sergeant.

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