One of a Kind by Jane Lovering EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jane Lovering
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The man lay on his back, eyes wide to the sky, as though death had taken
him by surprise and the afterlife was proving something of a
disappointment. Nearby, the trees that lined the path shivered their leaves as
the last breeze of spring ran through on its way to summer, but nothing else
moved. The darkness was blanket-thick, air chilly and still, and beginning
to be filled by the smell of death.
Deep in the recess of the man’s pocket something twitched, terrified, in
the corpse-silence.
This was not proving to be a good day for anyone concerned.
The phone rang and woke me. ‘Hello?’
‘Cress? Is that you? You sound weird.’
I sighed. This level of enthusiasm was too much when my head was
pounding and my pillow was covered with what could have been a modern
art installation: tissues both used and unused, old Vicks inhalers and a
couple of gel cool pads. ‘What is it, Ivo?’
‘Are you at work?’
I sniffed outrageously and hauled my aching body upright in the bed.
‘No. I’m ill. I’m wallowing in my sick bed.’ Then, more curiously, ‘Why?’
There was a rustling noise, as though Ivo were moving, and then his
voice again but quieter, almost a whisper. ‘I’m on a job and I need you in a
professional capacity.’
I would have laughed but I didn’t have sufficient snot-free lung space.
‘Don’t be bloody daft. I work in a wildlife sanctuary and you’re a reporter.
There is absolutely no point of contact, unless you need to know whether a
grown man can actually have his arm broken by a swan. I keep telling you,
just stay a respectful distance away and you’ll be fine.’
There was a pause and I could hear voices in the background. Ivo was,
presumably, listening too, because he’d gone very quiet. Then he was back.
‘No. No, this is something else, Cress.’ His voice was urgent, fast and
excited, which was typical Ivo. His default position was just above the
surface of the planet, full of potential energy, like an asteroid hurtling
towards Earth. ‘And I really need you.’
There was a pause. I felt the tug that was our friendship trying to pull
me out of bed to go to him, but then the equal and opposite drag of feeling
wretched and wanting my bed. ‘I’m ill!’ I pleaded again, wafting some
vapour rub under my nose to keep my passages open for long enough to be
comprehensible. ‘I’ve got this stonker of
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