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That didn’t help Leyton Parks, who was probably minutes away from being jabbed with a needle full of fentanyl.
‘Quicker,’ she shouted at the rope as she increased the speed of the movement.
The fraying was happening faster, and she could feel the twine weakening.
‘Yes,’ she cried in triumph as the rope gave way.
She jumped to her feet, reached for her phone and wasn’t surprised to see the missed calls were from Penn and Bryant.
She called Bryant back.
‘Thank God,’ he answered. ‘Are you…?’
‘Where are you?’ she asked, heading towards the caravan.
‘Coming your way.’
‘Ryan isn’t Ryan. He’s the killer. He has Leyton.’
‘I know. Just wait there and—’
‘There’s no time. Have you reached the tip of the reservoir?’ she asked.
‘Right there now.’
‘Go west instead and come around the reservoir from the other direction. I’ll head that way and we can meet in the middle.’
‘Guv, I think I should—’
‘Just do it,’ she said, ending the call. Bryant’s first instinct would be to come straight to her, to check she was okay, but Leyton didn’t have that kind of time.
A quick look around the deceptively spacious caravan confirmed they weren’t there.
She circled back around and headed in the opposite direction to which she’d come with Ryan.
She hoped that Leyton had tried to make his escape and was giving Ryan the runaround. Anything that would buy her a bit of time to find them. Judging by her phone, she’d only been unconscious for a few minutes, so she was praying she wasn’t too far behind.
She entered the woods that would eventually lead to the wider end of the water. Stacey had said the tree depth was approximately eighty feet, so she’d have to move slowly and listen carefully.
Once inside the woods, she saw that she had better visibility than on the approach to the caravan. She was walking through trees that were a mixture of old ones that had been here for a hundred years and new ones planted by the developers that hadn’t yet fully matured.
If she looked to her right, she could just make out the new houses. If she looked to her left, she could see the distant shimmering of the water.
Kim heard a voice up ahead and froze.
She listened hard. Was it someone who’d veered away from the fishing points?
No. The voice was raised, agitated and it was close to the water.
She took out her phone and keyed in a quick text to Bryant.
Near the water line
She carried on towards the voice.
A groan of pain told her Leyton was still alive.
She breathed a sigh of relief as she moved closer, even though right now Ryan had all the power.
