Chapter 27Under the influence
Gerald Byrne looked slightly incongruous as Ross greeted him in his office. Having agreed to the suggestion by Christine Bland, he was dressed casually, as she'd suggested, in a simple t-shirt emblazoned with the words, Jesus Loves You in bright red against a black background, a pair of blue denim jeans and black trainers that made him look anything but a Catholic priest. Ross led him to the office of D.C.I. Porteous, who had given up the use of his own inner sanctum when Bland had expressed a need for somewhere private and relatively comfortable in which to carry out the session. The profiler had asked that she be allowed a few minutes in private to prepare Byrne and to 'put him under' and Ross reluctantly agreed to wait outside the door, having wanted to se
