Kind of Cruel
“He’d never done it before, even on days when Proust was guaranteed not to come in. Sam hadn’t known until he’d tried the door today that the Snowman was in the habit of leaving his small glass-walled cubicle unlocked; it had never occurred to him to wonder. Unless it wasn’t a habit; maybe Proust had found yesterday so stressful that he forgot, but Sam didn’t think so. More likely he assumed his office needed no lock – the fear he’d instilled over the years would be sufficient to keep people out....
On the desk in front of Sam was his DI’s new ‘World’s Greatest Grandad’ mug: red with white lettering and a picture of an old man with goofy teeth and a pink strawberry-shaped nose. Were the manufacturers trying to suggest that all grandads were alcoholics, or only the jolly ones? This mug was bigger and uglier than its predecessor, which the Snowman had hurled at Simon Waterhouse’s head a couple of years ago. Simon had moved out of the way and the mug had smashed against a filing cabinet.MoreLess
On the desk in front of Sam was his DI’s new ‘World’s Greatest Grandad’ mug: red with white lettering and a picture of an old man with goofy teeth and a pink strawberry-shaped nose. Were the manufacturers trying to suggest that all grandads were alcoholics, or only the jolly ones? This mug was bigger and uglier than its predecessor, which the Snowman had hurled at Simon Waterhouse’s head a couple of years ago. Simon had moved out of the way and the mug had smashed against a filing cabinet.MoreLess
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