Broken Lines
“In thirty years on the job he’d seen it all before. He’d seen good coppers leave the rails for love, for money, for the hell of it. He’d known them go to bed with defendants’wives, daughters, mistresses, and on one memorable occasion the defendant himself. A defence solicitor might have been a new departure but it was only a variation on the theme.
‘And you didn’t know who she was until just now?’ ‘No. She was riding a motorbike when I met her.’ He seemed to think that explained everything.
‘And she didn’t quiz you about the case?’ Without looking up Donovan shook his head. ‘She didn’t have to. I couldn’t have said any more if she’d laced my cocoa with truth serum. I didn’t think I was compromising the investigation, but together with what she already knew of course I was. I knew somebody’d got a big mouth: it never occurred to me it was me.’ He filled his lungs and raised his eyes. ‘There’s no need to start disciplinary proceedings, unless you want to.
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