The Toxic Friend by J A Baker EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author:J A Baker
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The people in the crowd jostle for space, a huddle of hot bodies crushed
together, pushing, shoving, manners and decency all but forgotten. Their
heads bob about as they stand on tiptoe, everybody teetering and falling as
they peer across the road in the vein hope of getting a better view of the
deceased. Dead bodies. That’s what it’s all about. It’s the thought of death
and blood and gore that draws the crowds, especially round these parts.
This is a rarity: a tragedy like this happening in their neck of the woods.
The closest they usually come to crime is the odd bit of shoplifting, or the
occasional argument in the pub on a Friday night when the alcohol is
flowing freely, but this… this is something completely out of their comfort
zone. A crime of this ilk is in a different league. There have been murders
here in the past, many years back, but it’s hardly commonplace; this is a
rare occurrence that shocks and horrifies the locals. This place is a friendly
area famous for its tourists and landmarks, not for its dead.
It was a young neighbour who told the locals; the same woman who
alerted the authorities, calling for an ambulance, yelling that they had to
hurry up. She was the one who listened to the screams, the one who burst in
and found the victims. She was the one who heard them die.
Voices filter out from the mass of curious bodies that sway from side to
side as they push forward towards the crime scene, their murmurs and
chatter piercing the chill of the mid-morning spring air.
‘Two people involved apparently.’
‘I heard it was three.’
‘Police won’t release any details but we all know who lives there, don’t
we?’
‘It was poor Gillian who sounded the alarm. In a right state she is, by all
accounts. She was out the back, sweeping up leaves, and heard screaming.’
The mumbling and gossip hang over their heads and swarm about,
words and sounds buzzing around in an invisible haze only to be swallowed
up by a collective gasp as the front door opens and a police officer steps
out. His face is impassive as he scans the hordes of onlookers before
marching past, bending down and dipping into a nearby unmarked car. The
disappointment of the waiting crowd at not seeing anything of any
significance is so tangible, you can almost taste it.
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