Dead Man's Gift 01 - Yesterday
“Tim was the first to reach across the dining-room table for the phone.
‘Put the phone on loud speaker,’ ordered the man who’d kidnapped their son. ‘I want your wife to hear this.’ Tim did as he was told. He could hear his heart beating rapidly in his chest. Diane sat opposite him, staring straight ahead, her face wet and flushed from crying. For the last hour they’d stayed in this room- scene of so many happy moments in the earlier days of their marriage – dinner parties, Christmas celebrations...- now like a prison cell. Some of the time they’d talked, in sporadic, hopeless bursts about the situation they’d found themselves in; other times, they’d sat in heavy, fearful silence, waiting to hear what would happen next.
And now it seemed they were about to find out.
‘So you saw what we can do?’ said the voice.
‘You didn’t have to kill her,’ said Tim. ‘Gina had nothing to do with any of this.’ ‘It helps to focus the mind, Mr Horton. The fact that we won’t hesitate to murder an innocent young woman tells you that we won’t hesitate to murder your son either.’ Diane let out a small, painful moan and Tim gave her the most reassuring look he could muster.MoreLess
‘Put the phone on loud speaker,’ ordered the man who’d kidnapped their son. ‘I want your wife to hear this.’ Tim did as he was told. He could hear his heart beating rapidly in his chest. Diane sat opposite him, staring straight ahead, her face wet and flushed from crying. For the last hour they’d stayed in this room- scene of so many happy moments in the earlier days of their marriage – dinner parties, Christmas celebrations...- now like a prison cell. Some of the time they’d talked, in sporadic, hopeless bursts about the situation they’d found themselves in; other times, they’d sat in heavy, fearful silence, waiting to hear what would happen next.
And now it seemed they were about to find out.
‘So you saw what we can do?’ said the voice.
‘You didn’t have to kill her,’ said Tim. ‘Gina had nothing to do with any of this.’ ‘It helps to focus the mind, Mr Horton. The fact that we won’t hesitate to murder an innocent young woman tells you that we won’t hesitate to murder your son either.’ Diane let out a small, painful moan and Tim gave her the most reassuring look he could muster.MoreLess
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