Free Ugly Duckling by Malcolm Allen Page A

channels you see.'
    'I read that' Jenni said 'I was really annoyed. I sent them the story but they plagiarised it and added all that other nonsense, I most certainly didn't right all that stuff about cannibalism'
    'Are you sure?'
    'I can give you the original transcript if you want'
    'But you're covering this story?' John asked, knowing if she was he wouldn't be able to get to know her better till it was over.
    'Not any more, not after Bill' Tears began to fill Jenni's eyes
    'That's understandable' John said feeling a great sense of relief
    'You're very kind, your wife's a lucky lady' Jenni sobbed
    'Wife?'
    'The ring' Jenni pointed to Johns left hand
    'Oh, no. she's no longer with us, but I still wear the ring, just to remember her you know?'
    'That's really sweet' Jenni said, her robe had become loose again now just covering her nipples, John was looking and becoming aware of the growing erection he was experiencing, Jenni saw him looking but this time didn't close the robe.
    'Right so!' Ian interrupted 'we've cleared that up, unless you have anything else to add, I think we need to get back to the station, inspector'
    'Yes, your right, better get back' Ian suddenly snapped back to work, his erection subsiding.
    'If there's anything else we'll be in touch miss Everitt' Ian said as he was leaving.
    John was following Ian but stopped to face Jenni, 'Thanks again Jenni'
    'No problem' she was still smiling that sweet smile at him 'perhaps we could meet for a drink, socially I mean, I'll be in the Laughing Pig tonight about 8 o’clock if you fancy it?'
    'Oh I don't know' John said 'We'll have to see'
    He caught up with Ian and walked to the car, all the while thinking about Jenni, She really did remind him of Sonia, Laughing Pig 8 o'clock, He'd be there.
     
    ***
    Placed on Johns phone was a yellow post it note, on it was written “Leon Wilson” and a phone number. John knew Leon; he'd used him before for profiling and although John didn't have a lot of trust in criminal profiling he trusted Leon. John picked up the phone and dialled,
    'Hello Leon its John Dickie, Sorry I wasn’t here when you called, but I trust you got everything you need.'
    'Hi John, that’s ok I was passing anyway, as for having everything I need there’s not much of it is there'
    'No I'm afraid not Leon, but that's all we've got at the moment, is there enough for you to do your thing?'
    'I've had a quick look, I'll need to look at it more and if you get anything else you must let me know, I've said to you before this isn't an exact science so the more you can give me the more accurate I can try to be'
    'OK, OK! Consider your arse covered' John laughed 'what have you got?'
    'Well, It’s a man, probably late 20s early 30s almost certainly a loner. Although to the outside world he would appear quite normal, there would be some sort of trait that people might find odd, I think he'd keep that well hidden though; it won’t be obvious, only his closest friends and family would possibly know about it. My guess would be some sort of experience in his childhood lead to this, perhaps abuse leading to the feeling that he just didn’t fit in somehow. There is a good chance that he knew the victims, at least the two that you've given me'
    'What do you mean?' inquired John
    'If these are the only two you've had John, there are going to be more somewhere, nobody goes from nothing to slashing someone's throat and disembowelling them in one step,  there will be others, starting off less brutal but building up to the current level. I suggest you have a look at any unsolved murders involving a knife, if it helps I think the cut throat is the signature, there will always be evidence of a cut throat, even if that isn’t what killed them'
    'So we could be looking at stabbings?'
    'Yes, it'll always involve a knife and as I said a cut or attempted cut throat'
    'Anything else?'
    'Not at the moment John, that was just my first glance but I'm fairly comfortable with it. If