Murder Club
“KATE WALKER WAS seated at her desk drinking a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper when there was a quick knock on her door and Laura Chilvers stuck her head round.
‘Have you got a minute?’ ‘Sure, come in.’ ‘Thanks.’ Kate looked at her. ‘What’s up? You look terrible.’ ‘I feel terrible.’ ‘What’s happened?’ ‘I’m not sure.’ She held her hands out – they were raw. Streaks of blood dried on her fingers, her knuckles puffy and swollen. Split.
‘Dear God, Laura, what’s happened? Have you... been attacked?’ ‘Like I said, I don’t know, Kate. I can’t remember.’ ‘Let me clean that up for you.’ ‘No!’ said Laura sharply and drew her hands back, clasping them together and holding them on her lap. ‘There’s more.’ ‘Go on?’ ‘I think I was raped.’ Kate looked for a moment too stunned to say anything, remembering the trauma she had gone through when she thought she had been raped. Only she hadn’t.MoreLess
‘Have you got a minute?’ ‘Sure, come in.’ ‘Thanks.’ Kate looked at her. ‘What’s up? You look terrible.’ ‘I feel terrible.’ ‘What’s happened?’ ‘I’m not sure.’ She held her hands out – they were raw. Streaks of blood dried on her fingers, her knuckles puffy and swollen. Split.
‘Dear God, Laura, what’s happened? Have you... been attacked?’ ‘Like I said, I don’t know, Kate. I can’t remember.’ ‘Let me clean that up for you.’ ‘No!’ said Laura sharply and drew her hands back, clasping them together and holding them on her lap. ‘There’s more.’ ‘Go on?’ ‘I think I was raped.’ Kate looked for a moment too stunned to say anything, remembering the trauma she had gone through when she thought she had been raped. Only she hadn’t.MoreLess
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