Confusion. Damn it – Jemima Lowe was not a name she wanted to hear. Not ever. She tried to tell herself that the vague trembling in her legs was because of exhaustion. She would take just a few moments to rest her legs. It had been a hard day. She’d...
She pressed the intercom button that linked her directly to her PA. "Lisa, anything from upstairs yet?" "Not yet," Lisa said, impatience colouring her words. Catherine disconnected. She’d lost count of the times that she’d asked...
Your arm’s bleeding,’ Charlie said. Amy’s scratch marks were turning into open sores. ‘I can’t help it, Charl. They’re just so itchy all the time. I have to scratch them.’ ‘You’ve got to try and help it, though. Those scratches are going to go bad ways.’ It was what Daddy ...
‘It’s mine to lose.’ ‘Yeah, but sometimes you need to just stop and take a minute to think.’ ‘Tell you what. You stand there and think on my behalf while I get on with doing my job.’ She walked away from him and headed towards the professor. Doctor Matthews came hurtling across the site like he’d...
‘The Missus made too much lasagne.’ He shrugged. ‘She insisted.’ Kim smiled. ‘The Missus’ sent round a home-cooked meal every other week and was as charitable in nature as her husband. Kim remembered some months earlier when Bryant had rescued a Staffordshire bull terrier and her pups from a flat...