The Kate Redman Mystery Novellas (Volume 1) by Celina Grace

Author:Celina Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isaro Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-10-16T15:25:42+00:00

Chapter Five

Louise White and her husband lived in a much bigger house than the one Kate and Theo had visited yesterday. It was detached, built of Bath stone – a handsome Edwardian building with the original stained glass panels in the front door and the bare, spiky branches of a climbing rose entwined on a trellis on the front wall. There was enough room in the driveway behind a large black four-wheel-drive for Kate to park her much smaller car.

A man Kate assumed to be Mr White answered the door. He was a good-looking man in his forties, with curly dark hair and a strong jawline. He looked serious but not unduly upset. Louise White, when Kate came across her in the living room, looked ravaged. There was no other word for it. Even as Kate was shaking hands, Louise began to cry, tears streaming down her face.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she burst out, pressing a disintegrating tissue to her eyes. “It’s still such a shock; I don’t think I’ll ever get over the shock. I still can’t believe it.”

Mr White, who had introduced himself as Paul, lifted a box of tissues from the sideboard and handed them to his wife. He made a move as if to put his arms around her but in the next moment, Louise had sat back on the sofa, as if all the strength had left her legs.

“I’m really very sorry,” said Kate. She discreetly got out her notebook and pen. “I just wondered, if you’re feeling up to it, if you could tell me a little bit about Karyn. It could help the investigation if I could just get a bit of background and it sounds as though you were pretty close. Am I right?”

Louise nodded, eyes downcast. Tears welled up again and spilled over. “How did – how did she die?”

Kate took a moment to answer. “I can’t yet confirm that, Mrs White. I’m sorry. It may be that Karyn’s death was nothing more than a tragic accident, but it’s still too early in the day to say that. That’s why I’m hoping you can help me.”

“Yes. Yes, I understand. What is it that you want to know?”

Kate clicked her pen. “Have you been friends for long?”

Louise wiped her eyes again and sat up a little, clearly pulling herself together. “I suppose so. About three years – three or four years, I forget exactly. We – Karyn and I – met at a running club. We’re both keen runners, and we were both training for the Abbeyford half marathon.”

Kate knew that half marathon, having once had to train for it herself. Luckily, although it hadn’t seemed so at the time, she was able to get out of running the actual race itself by reason of being stabbed nearly to death by a maddened killer.

Shaking off those thoughts, she concentrated on what Louise was telling her. “Karyn moved down here from London about the same time as we did, so we had that in common too.

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