Mike Dixon

CHAPTER 41
Bugged
W
hile David was catching sharks with Daryl, Humphrey
was at home in his office. The bell rang and he
went to the door. Janet was there. She told him she‟d come
to say goodbye then took his hand and led him down the
driveway, making comments about the garden. They reached
the road and her demeanour changed.
ing.
„We‟re stupid, Humphles.‟
She said it in a hushed voice but her passion was deafen-
„Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!‟
Humphrey wondered if she‟d undergone some profound
change of character. It wasn‟t like Janet to denigrate herself.
She lent over and whispered in his ear.
„We should have guessed.‟
„Guessed what?‟
„Clarence said he thought Sparrow had a drop on us.‟
„You told me. That‟s why we didn‟t use our phones.‟
„It‟s not just the phones we should have worried about.‟
„What do you mean?‟
„My mother came to see me. She went round to Alan‟s
place last night.‟
Humphrey had met Janet‟s mother. She was a strong-
minded, puritanical lady who had produced dull, solid, cau-
tious Alan (who now headed Cecil Sparrow‟s forensic depart-
ment) and then (twelve years later) had given birth to Janet.
„She laid into Alan for not supporting me,‟ Janet continued.
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