The Murder After the Night Before by Katy Brent
Author:Katy Brent [Brent, Katy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
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@AnonUser1: OMG! The flatmate is dead. This cannot be a coincidence. I refuse to believe it. #MollyMonroe
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I practically run home, shame setting a fire beneath my feet. I need to be back indoors, shut away in a place where I can process these memories.
Iâm crying with frustration by the time I get back to the flat. As soon as I walk through the door, I can sense Iâm not alone. For a tiny fragment of a second, I expect Posey to walk out of her bedroom, laughing like itâs all been some elaborate joke. But that doesnât happen. Obviously. There are definitely sounds coming from her room though and when I poke my head around the door, I see two women â a blonde and a brunette â hard at work, cleaning.
âWhat the hell?â Iâm shouting. Which I know is rude. But why are there two women in my dead best friendâs bedroom, cleaning what could be a crime scene? And I need to be alone. Iâve got so much I need to process. Why are they here? Why are they fucking here? âWhy are you here? What are you doing?â
The blonde woman, who looks to be in her early forties, smiles at me as if I hadnât just yelled at her so loudly she dropped her duster.
âOh hello, love,â she says in a strong East London accent. In fact, itâs so East London, it sounds as if sheâs putting it on. Like sheâs a bit-part in EastEnders. âYou must be Molly. Jesse said you might be here.â
âWhat are you doing?â I ask again as if itâs not obvious enough what theyâre doing. Theyâre even wearing T-shirts with âKeeleyâs Kleaningâ emblazoned on the front. But I still want that clarification.
âJust giving the place a deep clean, hun.â The dark-haired woman speaks now. âJesse said it was fine to come in. He said heâd spoken to you.â
âWell, he definitely hasnât,â I huff.
âDonât worry,â says the blonde. âWeâre almost done anyway, just need to run the hoover round and weâll be out of your hair.â She smiles again. I feel like Iâm being gaslit.
I want to rip the Dyson out of her hands, but she said theyâre nearly finished. Have I really been gone that long? I stare at them as they continue to clean the last bits of Posey away before heading back out of the front door. This time I storm to the door at the side of the building that leads to the second-floor flat. I hammer on it, unrelenting, until a dishevelled Jesse opens up. His hair looks like heâs brushed it with a balloon and heâs wearing grey joggers and a greying T-shirt.
âWhat is it, Molly?â he says. His voice is weary rather than aggressive. He pulls his left hand over his face, his right holding the door open.
âWhat do you mean what?!â Iâm shrill and ear-bleedy.
Jesse blinks slowly. âWhat do you want?â
âWhy are there two women cleaning Poseyâs room? Sheâs not even been buried, Jesse, for fuckâs sake.
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