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Investigations Pending
The next morning, a Trainspotting poster had appeared on the wall behind the living room sofa. Doreen was watching Breakfast TV with a bowl of cornflakes on her lap, sitting on the sofa, which had been pushed tight against the wall and now had a throw blanket over it. Jessica must have glanced in the wrong direction, because without saying anything, Doreen turned to her, put her remaining cornflakes down on the coffee table hard enough to make a splash, looked up, and said: ‘What? I thought it looked a bit dull in here, that’s all.’
Jessica had never been to university, but remembered the house she had shared during vocational college well enough. There had been some fun times, but the décor had never impressed. She’d once asked one of her housemates if he knew
