CHAPTER FOUR
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MCNAMARA NOTICED THE bewilderment in the DS’s eyes but chose not to make any comment. He strode back to his chair and waved at his Detective Sergeant to take a seat as well.
“So, you’ve found someone available to leave the lad with, I understand,” he said while sitting down behind his desk and leaning backwards.
“Aye, sir, in a way,” James shrugged. “I left him with Thomson. He was writing a report so I imagined that he could also keep an eye on the lad until his father got here.”
“He called his father, then,” McNamara observed. “Did you speak to the man, as well?”
“Of course, sir,” James nodded. “I advised him not to tell anything to Peter’s parents or anyone else. I explained to the man that first, we needed to send a police officer out there.”
“Good thinking
