CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
‘Wish I could say, “Pleased to meet you,” Mrs Savage. I’m sorry we’re meeting under these circumstances. Detective Sergeant Julianne Manthorp from the crime investigation unit based out in Lilydale. Call me Jules.’
The detective offered her hand to the mother, who promptly asked to be called Ness and introduced her fiancé.
After they shook hands and the rest of the group had been introduced, Jules gave the couple a direct look. ‘I’m going to do everything possible to find your kids.’
Ness tried to say something, gesturing with clawed fingers at her throat when her words strangled. Sam thought it could’ve been as simple as Thanks or God willing, but perhaps the anguished mother also noted the detective hadn’t promised to find her kids, unlike the sarge.
‘I want you to
