Rest Assured

by J M Gregson

  She gave a strange sound which was almost a giggle, then sat straight-backed, composing herself like a self-conscious schoolgirl. ‘I managed to do the whole thing without looking at his face. I didn’t want to see Wally’s face ever again. I had the crazy idea that he might still be laughing at me.’

  They put her in the back of the waiting police car, handcuffed to a female officer in uniform. She turned to Lambert and Hook as soon as she was seated and repeated her words: ‘It wasn’t Matt. He would have done something much better, you know.’

  Then she looked straight ahead and sat fiercely upright as she was driven away.