Chapter 107
Chris gets the nod. An international warrant has been issued for the arrest of Johnny Gunduz for questioning in the murder of Tony Curran.
A good end to the day. The euros Steve Ercan gave them had no prints, but had been taken out at a bureau de change in Northern Cyprus three days before Tony Curran’s murder.
Chris had given Joe Kyprianou the address of the bureau in case it had CCTV, but Joe had taken one look at it and laughed. No chance.
Would the Cypriot authorities ever find him? Who knew? You’d think so, but after the initial rush, how hard is anyone really going to look? Maybe Chris will even get another trip over to Cyprus. That would be nice.
Either way, he’s done all he can, and it’s up to the Cypriots now, if they fancy their chances. Whatever happens, Chris will look good.
It is a cause for celebration, but Chris has had too many nights in the pub with too many coppers over the years. What he’d really wanted was a curry at home, get Donna round, watch something on TV, bottle of wine, and send her home at ten. Maybe talk a bit about Ventham. What have they missed?
Chris had a worrying thought earlier. A stupid one, really. Only hadn’t the convent had a hospital, all those years ago? Isn’t Joyce an ex-nurse? Run the name Joyce Meadowcroft through the computer? Could he talk to Donna about it?
But Donna had a mystery date tonight. Casually dropped it into the conversation on the way back from Steve’s Gym.
So, he would go home, and have a night in by himself, with a curry. He knew that was where this was heading. There was a darts tournament on Sky.
Chris wondered if this was a tragic plan, or whether it was simply the sort of plan that people would think was tragic.
Was he a content man, doing the things he liked alone?
Or was he a lonely man making the best out of what he had?
Alone, or lonely? This question cropped up so often these days, Chris could no longer be confident of his answer.
Though if he was a betting man, his money would be on lonely.
Where was his date?
If he leaves right now, it will be rush hour. So Chris closes the Tony Curran file and opens up the Ventham file. If he can solve one murder, he can surely solve two more. What has he missed? Who has he missed?