In a Dry Season
“The drinks were becoming more frequent, she had noticed, since her memories had started disturbing her. Though it was the only chink in her iron discipline, and she only allowed herself to indulge at the end of the day, it was a worrying sign, nonetheless.
Watching the news had become a sort of grim duty now, a morbid fascination. Tonight, what she saw shook her to the core.
Towards the end of the broadcast, after the major world news and government scandals had been dealt with, the scene shift...ed to a familiar sight. A young blonde woman held the microphone. She stood in Hobb’s End, where crime-scene searchers in their white boiler-suits and wellies were still digging up the ruins.
“Today,” the reporter began, “in a further bizarre twist to a story we have been covering in the north of England, police investigating some skeletal remains found by a local schoolboy are almost certain they have established the identity of the victim. Just over an hour ago, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, who is heading the investigation, talked with our northern office.”MoreLess
Watching the news had become a sort of grim duty now, a morbid fascination. Tonight, what she saw shook her to the core.
Towards the end of the broadcast, after the major world news and government scandals had been dealt with, the scene shift...ed to a familiar sight. A young blonde woman held the microphone. She stood in Hobb’s End, where crime-scene searchers in their white boiler-suits and wellies were still digging up the ruins.
“Today,” the reporter began, “in a further bizarre twist to a story we have been covering in the north of England, police investigating some skeletal remains found by a local schoolboy are almost certain they have established the identity of the victim. Just over an hour ago, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, who is heading the investigation, talked with our northern office.”MoreLess
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