Chapters (48)
- Cover
- THEFEUD
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PROLOGUE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
Ignoring his pal’s wishes, Raymond dialled 999. ‘Get me an ambulance. Two people have been shot,’ he yelled, as the woman asked him which service he wanted.
Taking off his jacket, Raymond laid it over his sister’s mutilated body. ‘I love you, Jess,’ he said, tears rolling down his face.
Knowing that the police were going to have a field day, Raymond’s instincts kicked in and he ran outside to untie Frankie.
‘What’s happened? Is Jed alive?’ his niece screamed.
By now Frankie was absolutely hysterical and Raymond had never felt so guilty in his life as he tried to calm her down. ‘Jed’s fine, he got away. Now listen Frankie, and listen carefully. The police and ambulance will be here in a minute. You say nothing to them, OK? All I’m gonna say is me and you drove over here to look for your mum.’
‘I’m telling them everything. You and Dad are animals and I hate you both,’ Frankie bellowed.
Raymond slapped his hand around her face. She was in terrible shock and needed to snap out of it, else they were all going down. ‘You say nothing, Frankie, do you hear me? Nothing.’
‘Where’s my mum? I want my mum,’ Frankie sobbed.
Untying the last bit of rope, Eddie held his distraught niece in his arms. How was he meant to tell her that her dad had killed her mum? As the sound of sirens approached, he pleaded with Frankie to do as he had asked. ‘There’s been an accident, Frankie. I’ll explain later. Don’t say anything to the police,’ he said, as he jumped out of the car.
Both the police and paramedics were taken aback by the sight that greeted them. They were obviously trained to deal with these situations, but neither service had ever seen a woman with so many bulletholes in her body. Eddie was now out for the count, and was bleeding profusely.
‘Is he still alive?’ Raymond asked, as Eddie was rushed into the ambulance.
‘He’s still got a pulse, but we need to get him to hospital immediately. He’s lost a lot of blood,’ the paramedic replied.
Seeing the stretcher being brought out of the trailer, Frankie lost the plot. ‘What’s going on?’ she screamed, as she got out of the car and ran towards the amubulance.
As Frankie tried to dart inside the trailer, a policeman grabbed hold of her. The police had been so shocked by the scene they had encountered, they hadn’t even realised Frankie was there. ‘Where’s Jed? Where’s my mum?’ Frankie yelled.
‘You can’t go inside. It’s a crime scene,’ the policeman told her gently.