‘Melissa seems to be doing well,’ he remarked, helping the girl jiggle the plastic toy.
‘She’s a Gray,’ Tom said. ‘We’re fighters.’
‘I noticed.’
‘So what did Ellis say?’
‘Well, she was rather less than chuffed that you left a pile of bodies at a Welsh holiday cottage. That was somewhat tempered by the fact that we caught Wallace just as he was about to disappear.’
‘You’re kidding.’
‘Nope. Faked his own death, had a new life planned out, everything. We got lucky when one of our operatives refused to give up the chase.’
‘But what about Harman?’
‘He’ll be pulled in, don’t you worry. Wallace knows that cooperation is his best chance at a lighter sentence.’
‘Sounds like it all worked out for the best,’ Gray smiled.
‘You think? I told Ellis about your little faux pas with the addresses, and she thinks that might come back to bite you on the arse. Did you mention that to the police when they interviewed you?’
‘No,’ Gray admitted. ‘I told them about the sting you’d arranged, and that I decided to stay well clear of it. When they asked how Hart knew where to find me, I just shrugged.’
‘Then I suggest you stick to your original story,’ Harvey said. ‘Ellis spoke to her bosses, and the last thing they need is a court case where you stand trial under these circumstances. Christ, the media will have a field day, and the government can’t face that again. You’ve embarrassed them twice, and they aren’t looking forward to round three.’
‘Is that why they dropped our bail this morning?’
Harvey nodded. ‘Someone in power spoke to the CPS and they agreed it wasn’t in the public interest to prosecute you.’
Gray smiled, but Harvey wiped it from his face.
‘That doesn’t mean you’re untouchable, Tom. Your national hero status won’t mean shit if you fuck up again.’
‘Andrew, please, not in front of Melissa.’
Harvey apologised and actually appeared stricken, clearly unaware that infants would be unaffected by things like swearing at such an early age.
‘I have to feed her now,’ Gray said, and Harvey nodded, heading for the door.
‘Take care. I’ll see you around.’
‘Have a good one, Andrew.’
Gray went back to the living room and lifted Melissa out of her chair, cuddling her close as he took her to the dining room and manoeuvred her into her highchair. Once settled in his own seat, he smiled down at his daughter as she gulped her food down.
‘Just ignore what that man said,’ he cooed.
‘We are untouchable.’
THE END
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Acknowledgements
I’d like to thank Dr. Roger Wellesley Duckitt, consultant physician in acute medicine at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Andrew Matthews from the West Sussex County Council Fire and Rescue Service for their help in researching this book. I’d also like to thank everybody who read the other books in the series and gave me the encouragement to carry on.
About the Author
Alan McDermott is a husband, father to beautiful twin girls and a software developer from the south of England.
Born in West Germany of Scottish parents, Alan spent his early years moving from town to town as his father was posted to different Army units around the United Kingdom. Alan had a number of jobs after leaving school, including working on a cruise ship in Hong Kong and Singapore, where he met his wife. Since 2005 he has been working as a software developer and currently creates clinical applications for the National Health Service.
Alan’s writing career began in 2011 and the action thriller Gray Justice was his first full-length novel.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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