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I was safe, but only for now.
‘What about Steve and Isobel?’ I asked. ‘Are they still out there?’
‘Don’t worry,’ Toby told me. ‘The police picked them up at St Pancras station, trying to board a train to France. They must have slipped out through the back door while we were outside the front, waiting for the police.’
‘We were only out there for a few minutes before backup arrived,’ Hannah added.
‘Our arrival must have put the wind up them and they panicked and ran,’ Toby said.
‘They left me tied up in the loft,’ I said. ‘If you hadn’t found me –’
There was no need to complete my sentence.
‘They’ll get what’s coming to them,’ Hannah said fiercely. ‘The police want you to go to Swindon to make a statement, when you feel strong enough. Barry said they’ll send a police car for yo
