E: Taking Flight

The newspaper said it all, except for his name. John's girlfriend
had been found a week ago, after being washed up in the estuary. John
had been in trouble before for domestic violence, that was when he was
still drinking, but the Police didn't care about details like that,
they just saw patterns and trends. It was a joke.

Unfortunately John had found another pass time, he had always been
quite fanatical, but now he was an activist. The night in question when
his girlfriend Maria had disappeared, John was active. Crime didn't pay
they said. What crap, it was having a life outside of crime that didn't
pay, and that was what you needed the pay for. John had never even been
a suspect in the robberies he had been involved in, but now because of
Maria, his life outside crime, he was going to go under. Well not me,
thought John. The only thing for it was to leave, to take flight. But
where?

John packed his bag, not much, just a few essentials and left for
Tonbridge Wells, why not?