A day comes and goes.

Another day arrives.

The phone doesn’t ring.

And another day.

What’s happening?

She reaches for the phone, then snatches her hand back.

They’ll call when they’re ready…

But they don’t.

The following morning, she watches the clock: eight am…

Eight-thirty…

Nine o’clock…

Nine-fifteen…

She picks up the phone again, dials out. “Hello, Hofferman and Partners? Is Mr Devlin there, please? It’s Mitch Kimberley.”

“I’m sorry, Miss Kimberley, Mr Devlin is not available….” The voice chokes, breaking into uncontrolled sobs. “He’s been murdered. Gunned down. His little girl is in hospital too.”

Mitch, heart hammering, “Theo. Let me talk to Theo Aldred.”

The sound muffles…

over

Aldred is

throat. “When will he be free?

returns, but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears, “No,

repeats, “Mr Aldred

slams down the

then she dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints to the

the lobby, she spins, looking for what is sure to

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

reads,

Romani Case outrage…

Prominent lawyer gunned down…

gunmen as yet unidentified in an incident in the grounds of the school attended by his nine-year-old daughter. The daughter herself is also reported as injured but recovering in hospital. Speculation is rife that the murder is connected with the

Full-blown panic swells inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she sets off at a run for the nearest bathroom, just reaching a cubicle before

At length, scarlet-faced and sweating, Mitch leans over a basin, splashes cold water over her face, rinses the foul

She’s on her own…

*****

James

poke my head around Richard’s door. “I’m wrapping up for the day. Going for a drink with Michael and Charlotte. Want to join

a finality that suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back of it. “Excellent idea. Mind if I bring Elizabeth along? She’s meeting me

I’d like

I’ll get Ross to bring the car around. Meet you in the

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