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Loggerheads: crime scene
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There’d been a long wait at the fracture clinic and it was mid-afternoon when Kris brought Sian back to Cliff Road. He pulled up outside the Loggerheads, which was still buzzing with police although Sian saw, with relief, that the TV crew were no longer camping outside. Her stomach flipped. She didn’t want to be here. She didn’t want to know what else they might have found.
Kris turned towards her. ‘You ready?’ he said.
‘Yes,’ she said, thinking she needed to stop lying to Kris. She glanced over at the pub and then looked him in the eye. ‘No,’ she admitted. ‘But let’s do this.’ She let him help her from the car and into the street. It was easier to walk now she had the proper cast on and was allowed to put her foot down and use the crutches t
