The Family Lie by Jake Cross

Author:Jake Cross [Cross, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786814401
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nick pushed open the door of the playroom and found Miller on her phone, her back to him. She was at the window, absently running a toy police car back and forth along the sill.

‘But I said I can’t, darling,’ she said, her voice cracking a little.

He stopped, realising he was listening to a personal call.

The next thing she said confirmed it: ‘No, don’t be like that, Liz, you’ve known about the Sunday rota for weeks. I…’ Her head twitched and Nick knew his presence had been fathomed. ‘Call you later. No, look, I—’

She looked at her phone, then put it away. Whoever it was had hung up on her. A domestic of some sort, with another woman. He felt awkward overhearing, for all of two seconds. Then more pressing matters took over.

‘Bennet said you had some information for us. So let me ask you something while my wife isn’t listening. And I want the truth. The NSPCC has had nearly two thousand cases of trafficked children in the last ten years. Is my little girl on her way to London or abroad even, to go work in a brothel?’

‘There’s nothing to suggest that, Nick.’ Still with her back to him, Miller took a moment to raise a finger to one eye, which he figured was to wipe away a tear that hadn’t fallen. Then she turned his way, back to business, wholly professional again. ‘Where did you get that idea? Reading on the Internet? Unwise, my friend. There’s been a ransom demand, remember.’

He tried to read deception in her face, but it wasn’t there. If anything, she was surprised he’d made such a leap and it made him realise he had, indeed, paid too much heed to a bunch of statistics posted online. He turned to leave. ‘We’re in the kitchen when you’re ready.’

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