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Wendy walked onto the ward alone, asking the nurse at the desk if she could see Julian Mills.
‘Yeah, I think he’s still here,’ the nurse said. Wendy didn’t doubt it. ‘I’ll just check for you.’
Wendy thanked her and sat down on one of the chairs, looking again at her watch. She knew she ought to call Xav back, or at least fire him a quick text, but by now she was almost three quarters of an hour late and whatever she said wasn’t going to do any good. She would just have to grovel again tomorrow. She convinced herself he’d understand.
Steve, Debbie and Ryan were all waiting exactly where she’d asked them to wait — or where Culverhouse had asked them to wait, anyway. After all, this was meant to be his operation, and he was meant to have met them here. Steve had received an odd call fr
