Название: The Runaway
Автор: Ali Harper
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература
isbn: 9780008354305
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‘No.’
‘Did he meet a girl? Is that why he stayed?’
‘Don’t ask me. I left early.’
‘Why?’
‘I had to give someone a lift.’
‘Who?’
‘No one. Look, when Matt turns up, I’ll ring you. He can explain.’
‘You left him in the middle of the countryside, took his car, you don’t know how or if he managed to get back to Leeds, but you’re not going to help us find him because you’re being loyal to him?’
‘Something like that, yes.’ He walked back to the counter. Jo was waiting with a couple of books in her hand.
‘That makes no sense,’ I said, as I trailed behind him.
He shrugged and I had the feeling it didn’t make much sense to him either.
I took a stride forward so that I was standing between him and the counter. ‘Who’s Sara?’
A look of pure panic flashed through his face.
‘How’s it going?’ asked Jo. ‘Any joy?’
‘There’s something you’re not telling us,’ I said.
‘Do you want to buy those?’ he asked Jo, as he pushed past me and got behind the till.
‘If we can’t find him, Tuff, we’ll have to go to the police,’ I said. ‘And they’re going to be way less understanding than us about a lot of this stuff …’
‘That’s £12.98,’ he said.
We didn’t bother going back to the office. I phoned Aunt Edie and told her she could go home early. Jo made us fish-finger sandwiches and we ate them with the TV on. Not that we were watching it; I just think neither of us were in the mood for talking.
Jo was in the bath when my phone rang. I took the call into the front room, switched the TV off.
‘Is that Lee Winters?’
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