Mike Dixon

CHAPTER 16
Aghast
lizabeth Hansen left her bicycle in the garage and
E ran into the house. She‟d been at the swimming pool
with friends and could not believe what they were saying. A
few days earlier she‟d told them about David Paget and how
he‟d had dinner with them. Now they were saying that David
had killed a policeman and there was a manhunt going on
for him.
It had to be a cruel joke. She went into the family room
and found a newspaper. It was open at the middle pages.
Her heart fell. There, staring her in the face, was a photograph
of David and Tim with spearguns. She read the cap-
tion and snatched up the paper.
„Daddy, have you read what it says?‟
She ran into the kitchen.
„It can‟t be true. David‟s not like that.
Humphrey placed his arms around his daughter.
„We don‟t know what to believe, my darling, and we certainly
don‟t believe things just because we read about them
in newspapers.‟
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