MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
MIDNIGHT - HarperCollins NZ
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<strong>MIDNIGHT</strong><br />
first time that Eileen Harrow had scoured the streets<br />
for her missing husband, only to come across some<br />
ne’er-do-well ready to use the situation to his own<br />
advantage. ‘I’d like you to explain,’ she went on coolly.<br />
‘And then I’d like you to leave!’<br />
Scott laughed – a hollow, unnerving sound that sent<br />
the older woman cowering against the wall. ‘Lah-dibloody-dah,<br />
ain’t we?’ Irritated, and anxious to get<br />
away, he pretended to search his pockets. ‘Yer thievin’<br />
devils! Me money’s gone! I can see what yer up to<br />
now! Con artists the pair of yer! And clever with it.<br />
But not quite clever enough. It’s obvious that you set<br />
out to rob me blind. And I ’ave to admit, yer took me<br />
in good and proper at first, but now it’s clear as day<br />
what yer after.’<br />
Taking a step forward, he concentrated on Libby.<br />
‘You’re the brains behind it, while this one’ – he<br />
grinned at Eileen, who was still cowering against the<br />
wall – ‘is the bait. And no doubt the police will see it<br />
the same way after I’ve finished.’ He had to make them<br />
out as villains, or the younger one would likely call the<br />
police on him.<br />
He outlined his interpretation of events. ‘So there I<br />
was, minding me own business, when this woman<br />
latched onto me, said she needed me to ‘come home’<br />
with ’er. Enticed me back here, she did, and very<br />
convincing it was too. I didn’t realise I was being set<br />
up to be robbed.’ He congratulated himself on being<br />
witty enough to turn the tables on them. ‘I can see it<br />
all now. The two of you are in it together. Con-artists,<br />
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