Judgement Call
“Henry’s ears came on stream as the knocking persisted, wouldn’t go away.
‘Just get lost,’ he said, and lifted his face into the burning hot, but fairly weak jets, wishing they would wash away his all-pervading bleakness.
But the knocking continued. Whoever it was knew Henry was in and would not be deterred by a no-response. It was a cop’s knock. Reluctantly he turned off the water and stepped out of the bath in which the shower was located and began to dry himself. He put on tracksuit bottoms a...nd T-shirt and padded down the tight steps to the front door, still rubbing his short-cropped hair with a hand towel as he opened up.
‘Thought you’d drowned.’ It was DI Fanshaw-Bayley, FB. Henry’s nostrils dilated as he regarded his DI. ‘Can I come in?’ Henry sighed, stepped aside and allowed FB’s chubby form to roll past him into the narrow hallway to the kitchen at the back of the rented house.
‘You making a brew?’ FB said, easing himself onto a chair next to the fold-leaf kitchen table.MoreLess
‘Just get lost,’ he said, and lifted his face into the burning hot, but fairly weak jets, wishing they would wash away his all-pervading bleakness.
But the knocking continued. Whoever it was knew Henry was in and would not be deterred by a no-response. It was a cop’s knock. Reluctantly he turned off the water and stepped out of the bath in which the shower was located and began to dry himself. He put on tracksuit bottoms a...nd T-shirt and padded down the tight steps to the front door, still rubbing his short-cropped hair with a hand towel as he opened up.
‘Thought you’d drowned.’ It was DI Fanshaw-Bayley, FB. Henry’s nostrils dilated as he regarded his DI. ‘Can I come in?’ Henry sighed, stepped aside and allowed FB’s chubby form to roll past him into the narrow hallway to the kitchen at the back of the rented house.
‘You making a brew?’ FB said, easing himself onto a chair next to the fold-leaf kitchen table.MoreLess
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