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Goosebumps stood out on the exposed flesh of Mitchell’s arms as he stared skyward, watching the lights from the air ambulance disappear into the distance.
Once it had vanished from sight, bearing Zack Wild and Isobel Walker away to the hospital in Branton, Mitchell refocused his attention on things a little closer to home.
“Will you be alright if we talk about what happened?” Mitchell asked of Constance Hawkins, who was at his side, and who, unlike him, showed no sign of being affected by the night’s chill, thanks to the dressing gown that covered her from her ankles to her neck.
There wasn’t much to talk about, based on what he had seen when he took a quick look around, being careful not to get in the way of the paramedics as they worked on Zack Wild and his solicitor. It was clear
