Maxwell's Return
“‘Fancy meeting you here.’ ‘Fancy,’ Jacquie said shortly, shouldering past him and into the sitting room. She left the paparazzi speculating wildly in her wake. For a moment, Maxwell was surprised but then remembered she had been here before.
‘DI Maxwell,’ Ryan said, half-rising.
‘Please, don’t get up,’ the policewoman said, plonking herself down in the chair still warm from her husband’s bum. ‘It wasn’t really you I came to see, Bernard. I just came to reclaim some lost property.’ ‘Jacquie, I…’ ‘Just don’t get me started, Bernard,’ she interrupted him. ‘I’ll take him out of your hair now. He had no right to come and bother you.’ She stopped, looking from one man to another. ‘Am I missing something?’ Maxwell cocked an eyebrow at Bernard Ryan, who sighed and nodded. ‘Just her, though, Max. It isn’t to go any further.’ ‘I promise,’ the Head of Sixth Form said. ‘Do you have a card, something so that we… er, Jacquie can check the details.’ ‘Oh, yes, of course, how stupid of me.’ Ryan fishe...d out his mobile and looked at Maxwell.MoreLess
‘DI Maxwell,’ Ryan said, half-rising.
‘Please, don’t get up,’ the policewoman said, plonking herself down in the chair still warm from her husband’s bum. ‘It wasn’t really you I came to see, Bernard. I just came to reclaim some lost property.’ ‘Jacquie, I…’ ‘Just don’t get me started, Bernard,’ she interrupted him. ‘I’ll take him out of your hair now. He had no right to come and bother you.’ She stopped, looking from one man to another. ‘Am I missing something?’ Maxwell cocked an eyebrow at Bernard Ryan, who sighed and nodded. ‘Just her, though, Max. It isn’t to go any further.’ ‘I promise,’ the Head of Sixth Form said. ‘Do you have a card, something so that we… er, Jacquie can check the details.’ ‘Oh, yes, of course, how stupid of me.’ Ryan fishe...d out his mobile and looked at Maxwell.MoreLess
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