Belle Vue
He shone the torch on the bare arm of the body, on its silver and turquoise bracelet.
Oh, Christ. He knew it well. He stopped, trying to hold down the wave of nausea. Claire’s Christmas present. One of the pieces that Marianne had kept and, to his discomfort, continued to wear.
He swallowed and resisted the urge to retch. He moved closer, unable to accept what he was seeing. It couldn’t be Marianne. Grimacing, he shakily directed the beam of light onto the head. It looked like Marianne’s face but, as with the other bodies, it was as though everything had been sucked out of her and a wizened carcass left in her place. The hairs at the back of his neck stood on end as, frozen to the spot, his
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