by S. C. Ransom
“Yes,” I nodded. “Can I have it back, please?”
“It’s been randomly selected for further testing,” he announced, sounding bored.
I tried not to panic as I thought about what Callum was having to do to keep me safe, and how much longer he could keep it up. Desperately trying to keep my fear contained, I smiled at the guard. “Oh, I see. What does that mean?”
I was trying to talk to him as luggage from the people behind me started to pour through the X-Ray machine and down the conveyor-belt. The man in the suit brushed me aside impatiently so that he could retrieve his laptop case, and I could feel him radiating disapproval.
The guard continued in his bored tone. “It’s got to be tested for traces of explosives.” He placed a small cloth in some special tongs and started to wipe the bracelet with it, being careful not to actually touch it himself. I bit my lip.
“What are they doing now, Alex? What’s the hold-up?” Mum was at my side, bristling with indignation.
“They seem to think that my bracelet might be dangerous, that’s all,” I answered as calmly as I could, wondering if at any second Callum might lose the fight that was no doubt raging around us. If he was beaten I would be as good as dead within moments.
About the Author
Sue Ransom, the author of Small Blue Thing is a senior head-hunter, but on the way to work and in the evenings she’s a writer: she wrote Small Blue Thing, her debut novel, as a birthday present for her daughter, and she composed it mostly on her BlackBerry. Serendipity led her to Nosy Crow, and she’s now busy finishing the third book in the trilogy. She lives with her husband and two teenage children in Surrey.
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First published in the UK in 2011 by Nosy Crow Ltd,
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