Bye Bye Baby

18

I was at home when the call came through. I'd been thinking about heading off to bed, where Holly had gone a couple of hours earlier. The boys had disappeared to their rooms to play video games after dinner and left me alone.

I hadn't been able to sit around doing nothing, so I'd gone out for a drive. It helped me think. Although by the time I got back home, I wasn't sure what I'd been thinking about.

Right now it was just me and late-night TV and that ringing phone.

I didn't recognise the caller's number, so I let it ring out.

A minute later it started again.

This time I checked my phone for messages.

"Detective Collins." Les Green's voice. The last person I expected to hear from. "Something's happened. Can you call me back?"

I thought about it and called him back. "What is it?"

"Well," he said. "Well, it's a finger."