Page 87 of Deadly Cry
‘Message received and talking of delivery, go take your wife an average husband home until she can find a decent one. I’m sick of the sight of you today.’
He smiled. ‘Yeah, the feeling is mutual,’ he said, heading for the door.
‘She’s all yours,’ he said, patting Barney on the head.
‘Oh, and Bryant,’ she called as he reached the front door.
‘No, it’s okay, no thanks are necessary for my honesty and bravery in pointing out to you that—’
‘I was gonna say don’t forget to take my bike frame out of your boot,’ she said, cutting him off.
He was laughing out loud as he closed her front door behind him.
Kim moved to the other side of the breakfast bar to finish making the coffee that Bryant had started.
‘Jesus, what now?’ she asked Barney as her phone tinged receipt of a message.
It was from Frost.
Check out my article.
Kim keyed in a response.
Already done. Thanks!
Kim had checked the news piece the minute it went up. It was perfect, and Frost had quoted her word for word. She hadn’t realised the woman would want a pat on the back for it.
A response tinged back.
Rolling eyes emoji. Check it again!!!
Three exclamation marks.
Kim searched for the article, which sprang onto her screen. She reread the piece Frost had written. Nothing had changed and it hadn’t been updated. Only one thing was different. The comments. A Google alert had told her when the article had been uploaded. She’d read it when it was clean. There were now 133 comments.
She scrolled down. The majority of what her eyes passed over were exactly what she expected.
‘Evil Bastard’
‘Probably a Paedo.’
‘Catch the bastard and string him up.’
‘Wot yo on dumb pig?’
‘Stone’s a fucking pussy.’
‘Kid’s probably already dead.’
‘This ay gonna help catch the wanker, is it?’
‘Give me ten minutes with him. I’ll sort him out.’
‘Does this bint copper wanna shag him or summat?’
‘Pandering to a fucking murderer.’
The comments and the insults went on, and there were no names she hadn’t been called before, but three comments from the bottom was a post that almost stopped her heart.
