Torch
“Jaz would normally have hidden in the toilet and saved himself the fare, but you couldn’t hide an Alsatian in a train toilet. Anyway, it felt good to travel legally for once. He could sit and watch the countryside go by instead of keeping an eye out for an inspector.
Funding the train fare wasn’t his only problem. He would have to work overtime next week to pay the rent. Finding Karen’s killer was proving expensive, what with feeding the dog and the time he was spending off the job. But he didn...’t care. Karen should never have died.
Outside, Scotland threw itself past the window in a flurry of rain and the odd beautiful moment when the clouds parted and the sun shone through. They had passed the Highland boundary fault line and the hills rose steeply wooded, on either side of the track.
Going north had been a split second decision. He’d seen MacRae saying goodbye to his wife and kid in the station and jumped the train. He’d been thinking of bailing out of Edinburgh for a while anyway.MoreLess
Funding the train fare wasn’t his only problem. He would have to work overtime next week to pay the rent. Finding Karen’s killer was proving expensive, what with feeding the dog and the time he was spending off the job. But he didn...’t care. Karen should never have died.
Outside, Scotland threw itself past the window in a flurry of rain and the odd beautiful moment when the clouds parted and the sun shone through. They had passed the Highland boundary fault line and the hills rose steeply wooded, on either side of the track.
Going north had been a split second decision. He’d seen MacRae saying goodbye to his wife and kid in the station and jumped the train. He’d been thinking of bailing out of Edinburgh for a while anyway.MoreLess
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