Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:41:57 +0100 (BST)
From: Steve Rose <cutrose40@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Martin Roberts and the Greymount Murders 11

DISCLAIMER:
This is a story. None of the characters in the story
exist and the events that take place are purely
imaginary. This is a detective story with sexual
overtones and is a sequel to `Martin Roberts
Investigates'. I hope that you like this as a piece of
writing.

WARNING:
Do not read this story if you are in any way offended
by acts of a homosexual nature.

Do not read this if you are under the legal age for
accessing adult sites.

Always indulge in safe sex.

Copyright Steven Rose 2003. Not to be reproduced
without the author's permission.

MARTIN ROBERTS INVESTIGATES THE GREYMOUNT COLLEGE
MURDERS

Chapter 11

The information that a decision had been taken to
reconstruct the events leading up to the murder of
Paul Ferris had spread around the College community
like wildfire.

"I still don't see why we can't take part in the
reconstruction, Bobby", Peter Fowler complained to his
new sexual partner when he heard the news.

"Like I've told you, Peter, that sexy Sergeant
Rickwood says that they are afraid we might be
traumatised all over again and in any case we might
remember more if we look on from the outside rather
than take part."

"Well, I suppose that's right but I really do want to
help."

"I know you do and so do I but I think if that's what
the Police want, we should abide by their decision.
Now are we going to the score box or not?"

Peter nodded enthusiastically at Bobby's last
suggestion and the two boys separated and went by
different routes to their intended destination. There
were quite a few other students out and about enjoying
the late afternoon sunshine, but they each arrived
safely and got quickly inside the score box and locked
the door. The two teenagers were aware that they would
have to be quiet but peter was more than ready to
start once they were hidden from view. The younger boy
reached for his friend's trousers and slowly unzipped
them and was delighted to discover that Bobby was
wearing no underwear. Peter's hand immediately came
into contact with the growing tumescence of Bobby's
shaft and he eagerly fished it out into full view. The
horny youngster began to use his tongue and lips to
ease back the older teen's foreskin, leaving Bobby
free to remove his own shirt. Peter swallowed the now
sensitive and exposed head between his lips and pulled
Bobby's trousers down to his ankles, thus giving
himself full control over his friend's cock, balls and
arse cheeks. Peter was beginning to realise that he
took more pleasure from sucking other people's dicks
than he did in having his own played with, but Bobby
insisted that the younger teen remove his clothes as
well. Peter did so as quickly as he could and then
resumed his oral attention to Bobby's now rampant
dick. The younger teen also used his hands to explore
Bobby's balls and trace the line towards his puckered
arse hole. The older boy widened his legs to allow his
horny partner better access and gasped with delight as
the first finger made contact with and then passed
through his arse hole. Peter had never tried this
before but had read about it somewhere and either
through luck or good judgement made immediate contact
with Bobby's prostate. The older teenager's dick
bucked and throbbed in Peter's mouth as he sucked up
and down the shaft and his fingers teased the prostate
gland. Bobby was reduced to merely groaning and
pushing his hands onto his partner's bobbing head as
he thrust up to meet the downward motion of the
sucking lips and tongue. Unable to control himself for
very long due to the intensity of the feelings that
Peter was generating in him, Bobby allowed his orgasm
overtake him and he began to fire a stream of hot
spunk straight into the randy younger teen's greedy
mouth. Peter looked up with smiling eyes as he drank
down every drop of the older teen's ball juice and
refused to let go of the dick he was sucking until it
had softened and become too sensitive to remain in
such intimate contact.

For several moments Bobby leaned against the thin wall
of the score box recovering his composure and Peter
stood in front of him gently wanking his cock,
exposing and covering the sensitive head with his
foreskin with rhythmical strokes. When he was
sufficiently recovered, Bobby stopped Peter and knelt
down in front of his young friend and took the
pre-cum-covered head of the younger teen's dick
between his lips and began to lick the piss slit. With
a gasp of sheer delight, Peter unleashed his own pent
up orgasm and Bobby also swallowed every last drop
before allowing the cock to slip out of the grip of
his lips. Peter noticed that Bobby's cock was
beginning to show signs of renewed vigour and he would
have liked to have had a second round of sexual
activity but Bobby stopped him and whispered,

"Not tonight Bobby. Too many people about and we need
to get back for supper, But I'll tell you this, for
your age and experience you are a great little sucker.
Thanks for giving me so much pleasure!!"

Peter smiled and whispered in reply,

"Your cock is so beautiful to suck I'd be happy to do
it anytime you want and thanks for sucking mine, I
don't expect that treatment in return every time!!"

Bobby grinned back and the two boys quickly tidied
themselves up and then the older teen tentatively
opened the door of the score box. As he did so, Andy
Stephens and his girlfriend, Anna Young, were passing
along the path right by the score box and clearly saw
Bobby. Andy looked across at the student and said,

"What the hell are you doing in the score box, not
smoking I hope?"

"No, of course not, sir."

"So who's that in there with you?"

"Me, sir", said Peter Fowler appearing in the door
with a large score book in his hand, "I was showing
Bobby some records he was interested in. I used to do
the same for Paul when he was captain. It's for the
game on Saturday against Halton Manor, sir."

"Records? What records?" Andy asked incredulously.
"We always looked up the players from last year and
checked how they were out. Last year's scorer wrote
details of each dismissal. It helped us plan for the
game."

"OK, but you better both get back to your dorms it's
almost time for supper and Bobby, get them started if
I'm not there at the start of the meal."

"Will do, sir. Come on Peter I'll go back to Marston
House with you and then on to my own dorm. See you
later, sir."

Much relieved the two boys walked hurriedly back
towards the dormitories and Bobby said when they were
out of earshot of the teacher and his girlfriend,

"Wow, thanks for that!! Bloody quick thinking. I think
we got away with it but it sows how careful we must be
in future."

Peter acknowledged the thanks from his older friend
and indicated that he agreed that they needed to take
more care in future.

Meanwhile, Martin had arrived home much earlier than
expected, an event that caused great joy to Harry and
Simon but rather more a cause of apprehension for Tom
who quickly realised that his partner's day had not
gone as well as might have been hoped. To everyone's
surprise, Martin agreed that he would honour his
earlier promise and take the young boys swimming and
so, after only a few brief moments alone with Tom, the
four of them made the short journey to the nearby
Leisure Centre. Harry and Simon were quickly changed
and ready and waited rather impatiently for Tom and
Martin to join them. Once they were all together they
made their way to the swimming area. There were three
pools, one for diving, which Martin wished to avoid at
all costs; a second for regular swimming which was
acceptable and a third, beginners', pool which was
much more to the Superintendent's taste. The two young
boys scurried to the beginners' pool and jumped in and
Martin followed them more gingerly. The water was very
warm and not too deep and Martin could easily sit on
the floor of the pool and relax without any danger of
being swamped. Tom had watched for a few moments and
then said he would do a `quick couple of lengths' of
the main pool and then rejoin them and Martin had
smiled his acceptance.

Simon and Harry enjoyed the fun of splashing around in
the water and trying to catch Martin unawares by
creeping up behind him or swimming up close and
splashing him. In retaliation Martin would attempt to
catch one of the boys and throw them over his shoulder
into the water causing a great deal of hilarity for
all concerned. The fun and games in the beginners'
pool was a source of both enjoyment and relaxation for
Martin but after a while he asked the youngsters to
give him a short break and Harry and Simon although
disappointed did as they were asked. However the boys
did not remain obedient for long and managed to creep
up on Martin almost unseen and with one boy grabbing
one leg and the other the second they pulled the older
man under the water. Martin struggled to free himself
from the grip of the two small boys and break the
surface to breathe but found it very difficult. Tom
was coming back and came to his partner's rescue by
forcing the young boys to release their grip and thus
allow Martin to get his head above the water line.
Coughing and spluttering, Martin regained the surface
and Tom told the two boys very firmly that what they
had done was potentially very dangerous and they had
to learn when to stop and let go. The two young boys
looked truly sorry and hugged Martin to show that they
had intended no harm and that their game had got out
of hand. Martin hugged them back and said that he knew
that they had not intended to harm him but it just
showed how dangerous water could be.

Tom suggested that they all move to the main pool and
have a brief swim there before going to get changed.
Martin agreed and Tom led the two boys in the
direction of the main pool with Martin, still slightly
shaken by his recent experience following on slowly
behind. The rest of the visit to the Leisure Centre
went without a hitch. After about ten minutes in the
main pool the younger boys found that it was too
crowded and wanted to either return to the smaller
beginners' pool or go and get changed. Tom decided
that the time was right to get ready to go back home
and so they all four made their way back to the
showers and changing rooms. When they were all
dressed, Martin suggested that they go to the local
fast food restaurant and had something to eat and
drink. This was a suggestion that was greeted with
enthusiasm by the two younger boys. The party lingered
a short while eating their food before returning to
their home where Martin and Tom told Harry and Simon
that it was now getting late and that they should
start getting ready for bed.

When the boys were safely in bed, Martin turned to Tom
and said,

"I learnt something this evening, Tom. Just how easy
it is and how little strength is needed to pull
someone under the water and keep them there."

Tom agreed and added,

"Does that mean you have to re-think the case? I
assume that as you were home early, it isn't over
yet."

Martin told Tom about the events of the day and his
decision to stage a reconstruction the following day
and them added,

"As for your first question, I suppose it does. I'm
pretty certain the killer was an adult but what harry
and Simon showed me today was that it could have been
one of the students who could have killed Paul Ferris.
If Paul had been lying relaxed in the bath it would
not have taken much strength to pull him under the
water and keep him there. And another thing is that if
it wasn't astudent it could have been a woman. I think
part of tomorrow's exercise will have to concentrate
on where Lizzie Scott-Brown was during these events,
don't you?"

Tom wanted to say something else but decided against
it and instead suggested that they have a drink and go
to bed. Martin readily agreed to this but also
indicated that he was not in the mood for anything
more than cuddling and companionship. Tom was slightly
disappointed by this but knew that his partner was
greatly troubled by the lack of progress in solving
the case and would need his wits about him the next
day if he was going to make a breakthrough.

Although he really wanted to sleep, it took Martin a
very long time to get his mind to stop turning over
thoughts and ideas. Tom, as usual, had fallen asleep
almost immediately and Martin spent some time watching
his partner as his body moved rhythmically in time
with his regular breathing. When he finally dropped
off Martin slept fitfully until the early hours and
seemed only just to have got into a relaxing sleep
when he was startled by the arrival of Simon and Harry
on their usual morning invasion. Tom took over the
care of the boys to allow Martin some time to come
round and then get washed and dressed. Martin's lover
also took the time to explain to Simon and Harry that
Martin would have to leave early that day as he had a
lot of work to do in connection with the case he was
investigating. The youngsters understood and promised
not to make a nuisance of themselves by attempting to
get in the shower with him as they often did. Led by
Harry, Simon went off back to their room where they
lay in bed quietly until Tom appeared and asked if
they wanted to help make the breakfast. The two boys
accepted the suggestion eagerly and were soon making
themselves useful in the kitchen. When Martin arrived
dressed for the day everything was in place and he
thanked Tom and the boys for being so good and making
such a good meal. Martin ate hurriedly and then kissed
the boys and Tom before leaving to start his busy day.

Martin had begun the day by telephoning Mark and Mike
and asking them to meet him to discuss various aspects
of the reconstruction which he had decided would begin
after lunch. This would give time for the necessary
preparations to be made and for the three senior
investigators to decide at what point they wished the
reconstruction to begin. Meeting in the incident room,
Martin asked Mike and Mark for their views. Martin
began the discussion by asking Mike a question,

"Mike, you were on the field for the game so can you
say when you think the reconstruction of events should
start?'

"Well, sir, my initial reaction was that it should
start from the dismissal of Paul Ferris, but I
wondered about that. What if the killer was already in
the pavilion before he was dismissed?"

"Good point, Mike. Do you mean you think the killer
pre-meditated this killing and was determined to do it
at that game or was it merely an opportunistic murder?
Mark, what's your take on this?"

"I think Mike has a point and I'd like to go back a
bit. Is there something that might have been a
distraction that could have enabled someone to slip
into the pavilion unnoticed?"

Mike Rickwood looked up again and added another point,

"We were distracted on the field when that student
arrived in the wheelchair. There was a lot of cheering
and clapping. If we momentarily lost concentration on
the game, might not the spectators? If so, it would
have allowed someone to slip into the pavilion
unnoticed."

Martin looked pleased with what he's heard and summed
up the discussion,

"I think we'll go from the point just before the
arrival of the student in the wheelchair. Also, before
we start I'd like you to try to find out how many
people knew of Paul Ferris' habit of always showering
or bathing after a long innings."

"I think I can answer that now, sir", Mike responded
almost immediately, "I'd say every member of the team
and if they knew most of the college would know also.
He'd been in the first team for several seasons and
had scored several big innings so I'd say it was
pretty common knowledge."

"OK, Mike. Let me ask you this, would he have done the
same thing if the innings had been shorter or he's not
scored many runs?"

"Probably, sir. Most batsmen find the padding makes
them sweat a lot, so I'd hazard a guess that he would
have done."

Mark took the opportunity to join in this aspect of
the discussion,

"What I'd like to know is this. Cricket is a funny
game, a batsman can be out at any time, so if you
believe it was a pre-meditated murder, presumably the
killer would have had to be in the pavilion right from
the start. I don't see any evidence to support that
theory at all from what we know. Yes, I think the
killer wanted Paul Ferris killed because he saw
something connected to the murder of Lawrence Miller
but I also think that the killing in the pavilion was
opportunistic."

Mike conceded the point and added,

"I thought he was going to bat through to the end of
the innings quite frankly and so, I suspect, did most
of the spectators. So the only opportunity for a
killing would have been during the tea interval. He
certainly would have wanted a soak after such a long
innings."

Martin nodded and said,

"I think as I said earlier we should assume for the
moment that this was an opportunist strike or at best
pre-meditated only once it was clear that Paul was
going to bat for a long time. Let's go with the
original proposal and start with the arrival of the
student in the wheelchair. Mark, will you make the
arrangements for additional police to be present and
Mike, organise some `extras' for the cricket field.
I'll break the good news to Alex Scott-Brown."
The three investigating officers split up and went off
to complete their preparatory tasks so that the
reconstruction could begin as scheduled immediately
after lunch.

The reconstruction went really much better than anyone
might have expected. Martin had arranged for a number
of video cameras to be positioned in such a way that a
record of the events taken from different viewpoints
would be available for viewing after the event. It had
begun with Anna Young pushing an empty wheelchair
towards the pavilion that was populated by a number of
policemen and watched by a number of people standing
in various positions on the cricket field. Martin and
Mark and a surprisingly large crowd of students
watched as the events unfolded and Martin acted as
master of ceremonies. The other principal participants
took up their places as they had been on the day that
Paul Ferris had been killed. When David Graham
appeared as if by magic to play his part in the
reconstruction, there was a slight but quite audible
gasp of surprise from a number of participants and
spectators. The Superintendent did not press anyone to
say anything and emphasised that it would be possible
for people to feedback at any time during or after the
process had been completed. After each major
development, Martin paused to see whether anyone of
the participants or the observers had any comments on
what they had seen. As the events developed, the
person playing the part of Paul Ferris was seen to
disappear from the cricket field into the pavilion.
Martin wanted to pay particular attention to the
actions of the main principals at this crucial moment.
Something did not seem to accord with the
Superintendent's memory of the description of what
happened at this point that had been given by a number
of participants. Martin made a note of this with the
intention of raising it with the people concerned
after the reconstruction had ended. The final act of
the event was the point at which the body of Paul was
found in the pavilion and people began hurrying to the
scene from all directions. Once the last scene was
completed, Martin spoke to all the participants,

"Thank you, everyone. If anyone of the participants or
those students who have been watching has any
immediate comments on what they've seen, please let
one of the members of my team or myself have them. You
may want to think about it and in a while a video of
the reconstruction will be available for you to look
at. I may want to see a couple of you briefly so
please make yourself available. Once again, thanks for
participating and observing."

Alex Scott-Brown spoke immediately after the
Superintendent,

"I'd also like to say on behalf of the College that we
have been happy to help you, Superintendent, for all
your efforts. We are desperately keen to see the
identity of the killer revealed and hope very much
that our participation in today's event will help in
making that wish a reality."

Martin smiled back at the College Principal and after
he had thanked him for his support asked him rather
more quietly if they could have a quick word. Slightly
surprised that he was required to explain some matter
to the Superintendent, Alex agreed. Martin explained
that according to one account of events he had left
Andy Stephens for several moments just after Paul
Ferris had returned to the pavilion, but in the
reconstruction he had not done so.

"I'm sorry, Superintendent, you're quite right. I left
him to speak to David Graham. I'm afraid I just plain
forgot. I think I said to David that I thought that we
stood a good chance this year or something like that.
I have to say that Mr Stephens was exactly where I
left him and then we walked over to the tea tent a few
minutes later."

"Thank you, Mr Scott-Brown. I know how easy it is to
forget things in the heat of the moment. That's fine."

Chief Inspector Mark Jamieson had also been taking
notes on the events but most of his points were
relatively minor but they would be worth raising at
the meeting he and Martin would have as soon as the
immediate tidying up had been completed. Sergeant Mike
Rickwood had not really noticed much as he had
concentrated on the view from the cricket field, which
was rather distant from the pavilion. However, as he
was walking towards the group of other principals, a
rather excited group of students came rushing past.
Among the group were Bobby Marsh and Peter Fowler and
they and the others were discussing what they had
observed. As he went by, Mike clearly heard Peter say
to his friend Bobby,

"I'm looking forward to seeing the video tomorrow. I'm
sure there was something wrong today but I can't quite
put my finger on what it was."

Bobby put his fingers to his lips and hissed back,

"Don't say too much or say it too loudly. We don't
know who might be listening."

Peter took these words of advice to heart but he was
unaware, as was almost every other person present,
that his words had been overheard and the young
student's life was now in danger. Certainly Mike
Rickwood had no idea of the significance of what he
had overheard as he made his way towards the group of
main participants, which was slowly breaking up and
walking back to their various destinations. David
Graham had disappeared from the scene and back into
Police custody almost as quickly as he had appeared at
the beginning of the reconstruction. The students had
also largely returned to their dormitories and were
preparing for their evening meal. Martin indicated
that he wanted Mark and Mike to follow him to the
incident room for a discussion. Once they were
gathered in their base, the Superintendent began the
proceedings by asking the other two if they had any
initial comments. Both the other officers said that
they had nothing pressing that they wanted to raise
but would prefer to leave their comments until they
could have the benefit of seeing the videos. Martin
agreed that this would be a good idea but he wanted to
share a couple of points with his junior colleagues
before the end of the day. Martin shared the insight
he had gained from his experience the previous night
at the Leisure Centre with his young children. Mark
saw the point immediately and Mike was soon aware of
the significance of what had been said and then added
a comment of his own,

"I suppose that puts Lizzie Scott-Brown back in the
frame."

Martin acknowledged the point and added,

"Yes, Mike, it does but it could also put Anna Young
there too. However she only has a motive if she knew
about Andy Stephens affair with Lizzie, but I can't
see why she would kill Lawrence Miller. There's no
motive and no evidence that she was anywhere near the
pavilion when Paul Ferris was killed. However, it's a
line worth following up."

Martin went to the telephone and dialled a number.
When the phone was answered, the Superintendent said,

"Hello, Mr Stephens, could you spare us a moment or
two. We have a small matter we would like to clear up
and wondered if you could help us straight away."

"Of .. course .. Superintendent", Andy Stephens
replied rather nervously, "I'll come across to you
straight away."

Five minutes later Andy Stephens was at the door of
the incident room looking rather anxious. Martin spoke
to him reassuringly.

"Thank you for coming so promptly, Mr Stephens. I know
we asked you this question before but is there any
chance that anyone else might know about your affair
with Mrs Scott-Brown? Anna Young, for example?"

Andy Stephens bristled for a moment and then in a
clear and confident voice responded,

"No Superintendent. I'm sure she didn't know about it.
She would have finished with me if she had. We were
very careful, Lizzie and I, I more than she was, I
suspect. I can think of no way that she could have
found out."

"Thank you, Mr Stephens, that's fine but if you think
of anything else or the name of anyone else who might
have found out, please let us know. As a precaution
I'm going to ask for the security in the dormitories
to be on highest alert tonight. Please let me know if
anyone, and I mean anyone, from outside the dormitory
staff tries to enter the dormitory."

Andy Stephens acknowledged this request and then,
looking rather more relieved than when he had arrived,
the Assistant House Master went back to his dormitory
in College House. Martin next telephoned the House
Master of Marston House, Raymond Collinson and made
the same request. Raymond responded with an
acknowledgement and then asked the Superintendent,

"When you say `anyone from outside the dormitory',
does that include the medical staff?"

"Yes, Mr Collinson, it does. Why do you ask?"

"Well, Superintendent, Anna Young arrived a few
moments ago to see young Johnny Price. She said she
ought to check on him as he might have got himself
over-excited and stressed at the reconstruction this
afternoon."

"OK, Mr Collinson, please go up and check on Johnny
and find Anna. We'll come right over."

"What is it, sir?" Mike Rickwood asked anxiously as
they ran out of the building and across towards
Marston Hall.

"Anna Young is in the dormitory, apparently she is
visiting Johnny Price."

"Oh my god, sir, Peter Fowler is in that dorm too!"
Mike said as he increased his pace.

Mark joined in the race to get to Marston House and,
once they had arrived, Martin and the other two
officers raced to the floor where both Johnny and
Peter had their rooms. Standing by the door of Johnny
Price's room was Raymond Collinson who shouted as they
approached,

"Neither Anna nor Johnny is here!! The room is
completely empty!"

"Try the door to Peter Fowler's room opposite, Mr
Collinson", shouted Martin.

It was obvious that the door was locked or jammed
because it did not open as it should have done.
However, with a lot of brute force the four men
managed to break the door down. They were just in
time. A terrified Peter Fowler lay on the bed with
Anna Young towering over him and holding him still
with one arm as she guided a hypodermic syringe
towards one of his veins. Mike Rickwood launched
himself across the room just at the right moment and
caught the young Assistant Matron a blow that knocked
her off balance. The hypodermic flew out of the
nurse's hand and onto the floor fortunately out of her
immediate reach. While Mark dived across the room in
an attempt to recover the hypodermic, Raymond
Collinson grabbed hold of the frightened teenager and
pulled him off the bed and away to safety. Martin
stood quietly blocking the exit from the room so that
Anna Young could not make good her escape. After a few
very hectic moments order was restored and Martin
strode forward and looked straight into Anna Young's
angry face and said,

"Anna Young, I am arresting you on suspicion for the
murders of Lawrence Miller and Paul Ferris and for the
attempted murder of Peter Fowler. You are not obliged
to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do
not mention when questioned something you later rely
on in Court. Anything you say will be taken down and
may be given in evidence. Do you understand?"

Anna Young nodded her head in acknowledgement but
remained silent. Mark watched as Mike slipped
handcuffs over the young nurse's wrists and slowly led
her down the stairs. As the party emerged from the
corridor they could see that a small and rather
excited crowd had gathered to see what all the
commotion was about. Mike led the way holding Anna
Young firmly as he guided her down to the ground
floor. Martin and Mark followed the prisoner down the
stairs and Raymond Collinson brought up the rear with
his arm firmly around the shaken, but mercifully
uninjured, Peter. As he reached the bottom of the
stairs Martin looked around and was pleased to note
the face of Johnny Price was among those that had
gathered. The mystery of his disappearance would soon
be solved. Martin looked at him and called out,

"Tell me Johnny, where have you been?"

"I've had been watching television with some of his
friends, sir. I think everyone knew that! I told
Sister Anna Young that I was going to do it just after
I saw her earlier."

The Superintendent acknowledged the reply and the
additional piece of evidence that his prisoner knew in
advance that Johnny would not be in his room when she
came to Marston House. After absorbing this evidence,
Martin raised his hands and called for quiet as he
indicated that he would say something to the assembled
students.

"As you can see, there has been an incident in one of
the dormitories just now, but I am pleased to say that
it had ended with nobody being seriously hurt. You
will also have noticed that we have arrested someone
in connection with this incident and also we wish to
talk to her about the two recent killings at the
College. I have asked Mr Collinson to arrange for
Peter Fowler to be sent to hospital as a precaution
but I believe he is OK. I am also pleased to see
Johnny Price there as we were concerned about him but
he is clearly also safe and well. Finally, let me say
that I am not absolutely certain yet but I believe
that the murder investigation that we have been
conducting over the recent past is now almost at an
end."

Despite all the confusion and chaos, Mark had somehow
managed to arrange for a Police Car to be standing
outside the entrance to Marston Hall and he and Mike
bundled Anna Young into it and then sped away. Shortly
afterwards an ambulance also arrived and Peter Fowler
was taken to the nearby hospital to be thoroughly
checked over. Raymond Collinson went with the
traumatised teenager and his wife, Marianne, took
charge of the dormitory. Her first act was to contact
Peter's parents and asked Martin who had remained
behind to see if a Police car could be provided to
bring them to the hospital. The Superintendent was
more than happy to arrange this. After a telephone
call to set up the arrangements for Peter Fowler's
parents had been made, Martin then walked over to the
main College building in order to speak to the
Principal. Martin gave Alex Scott-Brown a full account
of recent developments. However, the Superintendent
would not be drawn on the question of Anna Young's
motives and merely told the Principal that on the
detailed issues of the case there was still a lot of
work to be done but that they might know more after
they had interviewed the prisoner. Before he left Alex
Scott-Brown's study, Martin assured the Principal that
he would be kept fully informed of further
developments as and when they arose. The Principal
expressed his thanks to Martin and his hope that the
matter would be settled quickly and then the College
could get back to normal again. Martin remained
non-committal on this point and left the Principal's
house to return to the incident room. Finally, before
he left the College to join Mark and Mike at the local
Police Station to which they had taken Anna Young,
Martin telephoned his partner, Tom, to tell him that
he would not be home until very late that evening and
maybe not at all.

"Does that mean you've got your man then?" Tom
enquired.

"Woman actually, Tom, and, yes I think we have, but
now we have to do the hard part and unravel the whole
sorry story. I'll see you later I hope."

"Well done, Marty. I love you and so do the boys. Hope
to see you later."

"I hope so too. Love to them and you. Bye for now."

Martin walked back to his temporary office, picked up
the key materials he needed and then waited for the
car to take him to the local Police Station. As he got
into the car, the Superintendent allowed himself a
small smile of satisfaction, even though he knew there
was still more work to be done before he could prove
that Anna Young was indeed the killer and whether she
acted alone or with the assistance of others.

to be concluded