COUNTER MEASURES
“Is that where you have been hiding for the last eight weeks?”
“Please, no more questions.”
I nodded. I could do nothing else. His grip on my hand tightened. “I am not a liar, Mr Handful,” he said, “I did not kill my wife.” He then turned and walked out of my office.
*
After he had gone, I made myself another cup of coffee and sat down behind my desk to try and puzzle it out. The man’s story was convincing, at any rate in part and I could not believe he was a murderer. His point about someone coming round to buy the car seemed truthful enough but all that about seeing the car and a baby that he felt connected too, all seemed a little bit laughable.
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