The Corpse's Tale (Trevor Joseph Detective series) by Katherine John

Author:Katherine John [John, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2012-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

Trevor sat chatting to David about dogs until Mike left with Mrs Morgan. Sammy, the Jack Russell puppy David had been training ten years before was now an old dog. He hadn’t moved from his basket the whole time Trevor had been in the room.

‘Will you get a new dog, David?’ Trevor set his empty tea cup on the tray.

‘No point, Mr Joseph.’

‘Why’s that, David?’

‘Can’t go out. People don’t want to see me.’

‘Have you been outside?’ Trevor asked.

‘Tried when I came home. Went into the garden to sort it. People stood outside the wall and stared at me. Then the children from the council estate came and threw stones. No one stopped them. It upset my mam.’ David’s bottom lip trembled. ‘The garden needs a good going over, so does the churchyard. Mr Tony’s been here twice. But he thinks I killed Anna.’

‘How do you know, David?’

‘Because he keeps saying I’ve paid for what I’ve done. He told me and my Mam to hold hands with him and pray. I told him I didn’t want to. That I wanted to go out and tidy the churchyard. The stones are all dirty, the grass needs cutting and it needs weeding. He said I can’t have my old job back. I told him I’d work for nothing but he said it wasn’t up to him but the Church Council.’ As David spoke faster his voice rose higher. ‘No one in Llan has listened to the judge or Mr Smith. Everyone here still thinks I killed Anna…’

‘ Tell me about Anna, David,’ Tr e v o r interrupted. He found it odd that David grew calmer at the mention of her name.

‘Like Mam said, I liked her when she was a little girl. I liked her when she was older too. She was always nice and kind to me. She never made fun of me like some of the other children. We used to play together when she was little, Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders and Ludo. Or cards. Mam likes a game of cards and when Mr and Mrs Harris went away to buy antiques Mam would look after Anna. She slept in the back bedroom and had all her meals with us. But then that was when she was little. I’ve got a photograph of me and her together. Do you want to see it?’

‘Yes, I’d like to.’

‘It’s upstairs in my bedroom. Mr Smith sent on all my things from prison, but I’ve tidied them away.’

Trevor followed David into a small hall and up a narrow staircase. David’s bedroom was at the side of the house. If Trevor had been asked to guess the age of the occupant he would have put it as early teens. The duvet and matching pillowcase on the single bed were patterned with tigers. The bookshelves filled with comic books, assembled Air Fix kits and framed photographs.

‘This is my mam and dad on their wedding day.’ David handed Trevor a picture of a couple standing outside a church.

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