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  1. Cover
  2. By the same author
  3. SUZY SUZY
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Glossary of Dialect Terms
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  89. About William Wall
  90. An Invitation from the Publisher

It’s like this, he said, as he pulled out onto the road. The police believe the murder was committed the night you and your friend set fire to my bin. They have CCTV footage of the young lady getting into a car outside a public house at about midnight, and they believe she was killed some time after that, probably around four a.m. because her watch was broken when she was thrown into the valley.

I found her purse, I said.

Really? I didn’t know that.

Well The Dog found it. I reported it.

Dogs do often find bodies. It happens a lot. You know, The body was found by a man out walking his dog. You hear that a lot. It must have been horrible for you.

It was kind of exciting I don’t know. I just thought it was a purse but I got suspicious because there was money still in it. I reported it.

Well, my little problem is this. If I tell the police about the bin they will ask me to prove that I’m telling the truth. Now as it happens we have proof positive. Do you get my drift? The proof is your good self.

My mam will kill me. And Serena’s dad will throw her out. He’s a fucking freak you have no idea. We call him Willy The Right To Life. He’s a mad pro-lifer. Like his hands were blessed by the Pope.

Tom Bowles was chuckling. Your brother mentioned him. I wondered who he was.

My brother?

So if I call the police up and say I’ve just remembered something that happened that night, will you talk to them?

But my dad will like totally kill me. My mam will slaughter me. I can’t do it. This is my school here.

We pulled over beside the school gate. He didn’t drive in. I don’t know what Serena would have said if she saw me getting out of Tom Bowles’ car. Holly wouldn’t say anything. The bell was gone I could see. Everybody was going in. For the first time in my life I wanted to be in school.

Well, we can do it two ways. I can name you and they will call to your house to check it, or you can volunteer and I’ll say you’ve promised to come into the station to give them a statement. Once I’m eliminated from their enquiries they won’t be interested in you any more. They’ll want your friend too. You should both go in. Grace will drive you if you like. She likes police officers.

Grace likes police officers?

She has a thing for strong men, our Grace.

I have to go, the bell is gone.