the way to work, and then hope I can make it to work after reading it in the car. I suspect I shall find it quite – diverting. After that, of course, I have my new subject to tend to. I must make sure I’m not so distracted by the newspaper that I miss out on the chance to watch this new one transform.
I do wonder, briefly, if I said something a little bit – amiss – to Audrey and she’s decided to go the same way as the others. It wasn’t my intention, not at all. But I wonder sometimes if I’m not just a little too good at this. Maybe I’m not fully aware of how exceptional these powers are. Or perhaps I am getting so comfortable with them that I am starting to blur the edges of what is acceptable and what is not.
In any case, as I say, I’m glad she turned up safe and well. Audrey lives to fight another day… and who knows, proposal or no proposal, I might get an opportunity to have another go at her one of these days. Maybe I should return the invitation and invite them both to dinner at mine. What would they make of it, I wonder, this big old Edwardian villa? I expect they would be surprised that I can afford a place such as this. And no mortgage on it, either, of course – all my salary is mine to do with as I please. And, when my mother finally decides to take up her place in the realm of eternal damnation, then it will be my name on the deeds, too.
Briarstone Chronicle
October
Two Bodies Found Following Tip-Off: Police Hunt Killer
Briarstone police have confirmed they are launching a murder investigation following the discovery of two more bodies in the borough on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, a police spokesperson today revealed. Dana Viliscevina, 30, originally from Serbia but more recently living in Hawthorn Crescent, Carnhurst, was discovered after the Chronicle received a tip-off phone call from a woman who claimed to know where more bodies were. The woman rang off without leaving her name. A police source said yesterday that a second body had been found. The second victim has been named locally as Eileen Forbes, 45, of Oak Tree Lane, Briarstone. It is understood that Ms Forbes died only hours before being found, but our source confirms that her death is being closely linked to the investigation.
Ms Viliscevina was employed by St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Newington, as a teaching assistant. The head teacher of St Margaret’s, Bethan Davies, said yesterday that Ms Viliscevina was on long-term sick leave from her job. ‘We had no idea,’ she said yesterday. ‘I kept in touch with her regularly and she seemed to be getting better. We were all hoping that she would come back to work. The children are all very upset today.’ Counselling services have been brought in to speak to members of the class that Ms Viliscevina taught earlier this year.
The two bodies discovered this week mean that a total of twenty-six bodies have now been found in the Briarstone area since the beginning of the year. The ‘Love Your Neighbour’ campaign was launched by your Briarstone Chronicle in an effort to get across the importance of taking care of the lonely and vulnerable members of our society. However, it seems clear following the tip-off phone call that the increase in decomposed bodies in Briarstone may not be a random coincidence, nor does it represent a failure on the part of our community to take good care of our neighbours. The police are now looking for an individual who may have had contact with all of the people who have been found deceased, in the hopes of discovering exactly how they met their deaths.
Anyone with any information regarding the death of Dana Viliscevina is asked to call the Incident Room at Briarstone Police Station.
Remember too that it is not too late to check up on your neighbours!
Detective Inspector Andy Frost said: ‘We all have a duty of care to look in on people we know are living on their own. There are a lot of vulnerable members of our community and the recent news means we should all be taking care of these people and not leaving it for someone else to do.’
Dana
I’d been in this country for years but I never quite thought of it as home. I came here to