Suffer the Children
“ A Crime That’s Not a Crime? More pages 4 and 5.
He takes a hold of the News and tugs it down to see a wide-eyed young Asian man looking up, afraid. ‘It’s OK. I’m police. Can I borrow your paper?’ The young man nods, folds it neatly and hands it across.
Staffe accepts it, says, ‘Sorry. Here, have this,’ handing him the Guardian.
According to the News, Colquhoun’s murder is a crime of passion. His wife, apparently, has had to give her children up because of what Karl did to his kids from a previous marriage; and if the wife did it, could that make her more saint than sinner? She would be doing society a favour.
Staffe rereads the report but his mind is distracted by the very opposite kind of a killing: as cold-blooded and indiscriminate as they come. He closes his eyes, tries to picture his coming together with Santi Extbatteria in Spain. The train builds speed on its way towards Heathrow as the distance between stations grows. It rocks from side to side and the more Staffe thinks a...bout what happened to his parents, the closer his eyes clench, tight shut.MoreLess
He takes a hold of the News and tugs it down to see a wide-eyed young Asian man looking up, afraid. ‘It’s OK. I’m police. Can I borrow your paper?’ The young man nods, folds it neatly and hands it across.
Staffe accepts it, says, ‘Sorry. Here, have this,’ handing him the Guardian.
According to the News, Colquhoun’s murder is a crime of passion. His wife, apparently, has had to give her children up because of what Karl did to his kids from a previous marriage; and if the wife did it, could that make her more saint than sinner? She would be doing society a favour.
Staffe rereads the report but his mind is distracted by the very opposite kind of a killing: as cold-blooded and indiscriminate as they come. He closes his eyes, tries to picture his coming together with Santi Extbatteria in Spain. The train builds speed on its way towards Heathrow as the distance between stations grows. It rocks from side to side and the more Staffe thinks a...bout what happened to his parents, the closer his eyes clench, tight shut.MoreLess
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