When the Music's Over (2016)
“PAUL WARNER ASKED Annie and Gerry. “I already told you everything I know the last time we met.”
He seemed more nervous this time, Annie thought, eyes all over the place. Perhaps it was because he was out of his home environment and in a police interview room. They were not places designed to put people at ease. He was dressed in clean jeans and a crisp white shirt. It looked as if it had been pressed, too, she thought, and almost asked him if he did his own ironing.
“Just a few minor points we ...need to go over, Paul,” said Annie. “As you might have gathered, there’s been developments.”
“Developments. I’d say there are. The whole estate’s going up.”
“That’s a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? The local police have it under control. But that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about.”
“No?”
Annie opened a folder on her desk and lifted a sheet of paper, as if to read from it. “First of all, something’s been puzzling me about you ever since we last talked.MoreLess
He seemed more nervous this time, Annie thought, eyes all over the place. Perhaps it was because he was out of his home environment and in a police interview room. They were not places designed to put people at ease. He was dressed in clean jeans and a crisp white shirt. It looked as if it had been pressed, too, she thought, and almost asked him if he did his own ironing.
“Just a few minor points we ...need to go over, Paul,” said Annie. “As you might have gathered, there’s been developments.”
“Developments. I’d say there are. The whole estate’s going up.”
“That’s a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? The local police have it under control. But that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about.”
“No?”
Annie opened a folder on her desk and lifted a sheet of paper, as if to read from it. “First of all, something’s been puzzling me about you ever since we last talked.MoreLess
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