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‘That’s really ki—’ She broke off, straightening up the way a drooping plant will after it’s been watered. ‘Matty? You’re back.’
‘You’re my soul mate, Ams. None of it means anything without you.’
Des took a step forward, blocked his way.
‘Now look here, pal. I don’t mean to stick my beak in—’
‘Then don’t,’ Matty replied with an expression like he’d just walked in dog mess.
My mother fell into his arms.
‘I’m sorry.’
‘Me too, sweetheart.’
Old Brown Teeth took one disgusted look at them both then crawled back under his rock.
‘No Matty?’ I asked the next morning.
My mother popped a slice of Hovis into the toaster for me, flicked on the kettle.
‘It was his turn at the crisis centre last night. He couldn’t let them down.’
‘He’s a good man, Mum.’
She smiled.
‘I know. I need to stop focusing on the bad.’
What I’d give to be able to go back in time and tell her she was wrong. That the ‘bad’ is exactly what she should have been focusing on.
On The Hunt For a ‘Bad Man’
Scotland Yard today confirmed that the body of a nurse from the Royal Free Hospital has been found in an area of disused railway near Archway Road, North London.
The young woman, identified as Farah Lawson, shared a house with three other women in Holmes Road, Kentish Town.
A week ago, the editor of the Tribune newspaper received a cryptic note from a person claiming to be responsible for the series of murders that have taken place in North London over the past fifteen months. In it, the chilling words:
‘HAVE YOU FOUND THE GIRL FROM HOLMES ROAD YET?’
Fear has gripped North Londoners since July last year, with young women being abducted off the streets by a single perpetrator who leaves behind no clues as to his identity, despite reassurances from Detective Inspector Harry Connor that:
‘This is a bad and dangerous man, but everything he does brings us closer to catching him. With each crime he commits, he tells us a little more about himself.
‘His victim choice, the way he kills, his post-mortem activity – all these are calling cards that will lead us to his door.’
So far though, no one knows where that door is. Meanwhile, Farah Lawson’s mother, Mel, has released photographs of her daughter to the media in the hope a possible witness will recognise her and come forward.
‘Farah saw the best in everyone. She was a gentle soul who spent her life helping others. It breaks my heart that her last moments were so brutal.’
