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Bryant headed towards the driver.
‘For your buddy who decided to shoot up right in front of us,’ Kim explained.
‘Dickhead,’ he said as the officers entered the flat.
‘Leyton?’ she reminded him.
‘Fuck knows. The kid didn’t like people all that much. He was pretty quiet. All he did was throw some rocks off a bridge. How was he to know the driver couldn’t control the car?’
Not exactly the story she’d got from Stacey. The driver had died, and his girlfriend had been left with life-altering injuries.
‘I did look for him once,’ Newton admitted.
‘I didn’t think you cared about any of them.’
‘I don’t, but I was one short for a project I was working on.’
He was talking about a robbery.
‘Couldn’t find the git anywhere. Disappeared into thin air.’
Kim paused as the officer brought out the addict. Judging by his hooded eyes, he’d managed to get a good dose into his veins.
Newton didn’t give him a second look.
‘What about Ian Perkins? Got any idea where he is?’
‘Nope and I couldn’t care less. These folks mean nothing to me, and if you’re scared for Ian’s safety, save your energy – he can take care of himself. He murdered his own fucking brother for no reason.’
‘I think there was more to it than a random act of violence,’ she said, more than happy to end this conversation now. The man had been warned, and he had nothing useful to offer on the whereabouts of his old friends.
‘You know, for just a minute, I thought you had an ounce more grey matter than your sty mates,’ he said, tapping his temple. ‘But you’re all bloody useless.’
‘Go on,’ she urged, sensing that he was bursting to enlighten her.
‘I can tell you think Ian was justified in what he did to his brother. The police officers thought it, the judge thought it and the parole board thought it, but not one of you knows the fucking truth.’
Kim waited.
‘He was pissed off cos his brother beat him on the PlayStation. There was no sexual assault. He murdered his brother because of a game.’
SEVENTY
‘Say that again,’ Penn said, taking the bandana from his drawer.
‘The boss called…’
‘Hallelujah,’ he cried, throwing his arms in the air.
Although Stacey laughed, his body was flooded with relief. The cosmos was once more falling into line.
‘She wants to know if there’s any way we can verify Ian Perkins’s accusation of abuse against his brother.’
‘A bit tricky seeing as his brother is dead,’ Penn offered. ‘Why the doubt?’
‘Dean Newton claims Ian Perkins played the system, told lies to get a lighter sentence. That it was all to do with who got the high score onSonic.’
Penn thought for a minute. ‘Does it matter? I mean, surely we still want to warn the guy his life might be in danger, so what’s the difference?’
