The Manylove Quarter (update - 3rd August)
He reached over to flick a switch on a tape recorder. “Interview commencing with Clare Stratton, 25, arrested for conspiracy to commit bigamy. Two sergeants in the room, suspect restrained. Please confirm your name.”
Clare blinked. “I don’t—”
The female cop paused the tape. “Say “Clare Stratton”,” she said, “So we’re sure we’ve got the right person.” She clicked the tape back on.
“Clare… Clare Stratton,” Clare stammered, her chest tightening.
“Right,” said the man, “So, you were arrested last night, for conspiracy to commit bigamy with your husband, Peter Stratton, and his business partner, Russell Kendall. We already had Kendall in custody for unlicensed sale of cannabis, and we arrested Stratton with you, but when our boys searched your apartment, they found evidence of four adults living there together. Four adults… and a baby. Couldn’t find the fourth one, though, or the kid. So, where are they?”
Clare didn’t know what to say. It was morning, and they still didn’t know where Keisha was. Did that mean… could that meant that she and Rachel had escaped?
Here’s some of what I wrote yesterday (I’m posting this on 4th August because life is busy and hectic (TM) and full of soup) my current word count is 4180, because I’m playing catch-up!