GHIGAU

 

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Ghigau

What happens when tragedy strikes twice?
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Ghigau 1.

Monday 10th July. One year later, near Primrose Hill, London. It was the beginning of a new week. London’s skyline glittered expensively, silhouetted...
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Ghigau 2.

Monday 10th July Lenny’s forty-five minute walk to work, down leafy avenues and across the park, was a pleasant one. It was already very warm and the...

Ghigau 3.

Monday 10th July Nikki walked Lydia to school. The morning sun was already potent and they had to shade their eyes when they turned east and it...
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Monday 10th July “Aidan Hulme?” Lenny looked aghast. “He’s an effing corporate pirate. I’m greener than Aidan Hulme! Did you know about this Jake?” “...
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Monday 10th July Nikki looked up Exa’s address on Google and noted the walk time was 17 minutes which was fine with her. At around 2.45 she left the...
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Ghigau 6 part 1

Monday 10th July Lenny took an Uber to Lydia’s school. The car’s air conditioning had stopped working and he opened his window in an effort to cool...
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Ghigau 6 part 2

Hermione put her phone down and thought for a minute. She was sipping a large gin and tonic whilst reclining on a chaise lounge, in the all-white...
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Ghigau 7 part 1

Wednesday 12th July Detective Sergeant Samantha ‘Sam’ Tate woke with a headache. Thumping temples, ringing ears, dry mouth. The ceiling was...
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Ghigau 7 part 2

Five minutes later Sam was in DI Conway’s small, but well organised, office, waiting for him to finish a call. On the wall were the hallmarks of a...
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Ghigau 8

Wednesday 12th July Much as he didn’t want to, Lenny had to go to work. He wanted to talk to Jake face to face. Lydia was upstairs with her...
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Ghigau 9 part 1

Wednesday 12th July DS Sam Tate climbed the four steps that took her to the Talbot’s porch and stood before the maroon, panelled door, wishing she...
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Ghigau 9 part 2

Sam stood, “Would you mind if I looked around the house? You can show me round if you have time.” Lenny looked taken aback at first, but then readily...
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Ghigau part 10

Wednesday 12th July Catherine Booth was in her kitchen, cooking Halloumi burgers and salad, with fruit and Greek yoghurt to follow, and sipping wine...
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Ghigau 11

Thursday 13th July Tench pulled in to the semi-circular drive of Hermione Patterson’s house and cut the engine. Sam had elected to interview Exa, the...
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Ghigau 12

Thursday 13th July Sam Tate pulled up outside the address she had for the artist Exa. ‘ What a dump ,’ she thought. Somehow she had expected...
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Ghigau 13

Friday 14th July Lenny peered around the velvet curtain that separated the waiting area from the red-carpeted main room, observing the crowd...
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Ghigau 14

Saturday 14th July Lenny woke with a start. Somehow, another night had passed. Sunlight streamed through the open curtains that he hadn’t bothered to...
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Saturday 15th July Hermione’s eyes were closed and she bit her lip in an effort to stifle a groan. The sheets beneath her were soaked with...
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Ghigau 16

Sunday 16th July Sam Tate could sense this case was going to become big news. After the press conference, and Lenny’s outburst, when he'd found out...
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Sunday 16th July Catherine Booth was at home and bored. It was another scorching day. The thermometer read 27 degrees and it wasn’t yet 10am. The air...
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Sunday 16th July Alan Terence O’Donnell lived in Dongola Road, Plaistow, in a small, two-up-two-down, pebble-dashed house, probably built around 1900...
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Sunday 16th July The weather showed no sign of abating and the sun rose fierce and unfiltered, like some alien weapon sent to destroy the world. In...
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Ghigau 20

Sunday 16th July Lenny sat at the end of Lydia’s bed, feeling despondent, powerless and angry. Lydia was crying; silent tears left glistening tracks...
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Ghigau 21

Sunday 16th July Exa was worrying; the visit from the detective had set her mind racing. It had been a long time since she’d asked her father for any...
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Ghigau 22

Sunday 16th July Catherine Booth arrived home just after eight o’clock in the evening. Jake’s car was outside, parked haphazardly as usual, and she...
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Ghigau 23

23. Sunday/Monday morning 16th & 17th Sam made the phone call late on Sunday night. She had promised, so it had to be done. Lenny, who had...
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24. Monday 17th Lenny set off for the office just after midday. The once lush-green parks had turned the colour of straw, their ancient trees...
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Monday 17th evening Hermione wanted to know why a young, handsome man was so interested in her, and her business affairs. He had revealed very little...