Without Trace by Katherine John

Author:Katherine John
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2012-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

IT TOOK SOME TIME for Trevor to locate a free interview room, giving him ample time to size up Robin Dart. The man was less than six foot but he gave the impression of more height. Thickset, well built, he had the slant-eyed, round-faced, high-cheekboned features of the eastern European. His thick, blue-black hair hung straight to his collar and his muscular arms swung easily by his side. He reminded Trevor of a better looking young version of Charles Bronson, but for all the outward show of hard physique there was something soft about him. The mark of the artist, the dreamer? – Trevor wondered when he finally ushered him into an empty room.

‘So this is comfort, police style.’ Robin pulled one of the hard chairs out from under the table and sat on it. Trevor had been in the interview room and the others like it, many times, but the remark prompted him to look around. Blank beige walls, parquet flooring, utility metal legged table, uncomfortable polypropylene chairs, – hardly inspiring, or even pleasant decor. But despite the disparaging comment, his witness was more relaxed here than he had been in the corridor.

Trevor pushed one of the coffees he’d carried into the room across the table towards the boy.

‘Thank you, Constable.’

‘I’m Trevor Joseph,’ Trevor consciously dropped the sergeant. ‘Thank you for coming in.’

‘The radio announcement said “Family” was worried. Family can only mean one person.’

‘Do you mind telling me who that is?’

‘I don’t like games, Trevor Joseph.’

‘Your sister was worried about you. She went looking for you in Jubilee Street.’

‘I thought she was well rid of me.’

Trevor reached for his coffee. Self-pity was something he wanted to discourage. Particularly when he remembered what he had to tell this man before they left the room.

‘Why did you leave drama school?’

‘I came here to tell Amanda I’m all right. I wouldn’t have bothered if I’d been able to talk to her, but they wouldn’t even take a message in the nurses’ hostel. Is she all right?’

‘Please just answer a couple of questions. They may help us – and Amanda,’ Trevor added.

‘Amanda’s not in any trouble, is she?’

Was it his imagination, or had Robin Dart’s colour drained? It was difficult to tell under the neon light. His hands were shaking. He saw him looking at them and hid them under the table.

‘Supposing you answer my questions first. Then I’ll tell you about Amanda.’

Robin sank his face into his hands. ‘It’s all my fault.’ His voice was muffled by his fingers. ‘She didn’t want to do any of it. I forced her.’

‘To do what?’ Trevor didn’t understand what Robin was trying to tell him. But he was experienced enough not to press a reluctant witness.

‘I couldn’t give a damn about me. Only Amanda. She’s worth ten of me. And you’re a bloody fool if you can’t see that it’s my fault she did what she did.’ Robin moved one of his hands and took a cigarette from a crushed pack in his shirt pocket.

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