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Wandsworth Prison, 1970

If he torched the place, how long would it take for their bodies to burn?

He wanted them to suffer a prolonged, painful death, and now, as Kevin Dolby imagined his parents’ screams, he chuckled. While serving his sentence, he’d had years to brood, his hate festering until it had become an obsession. It was his mother’s fault that he was serving time and to top that he’d been cut out of their will. Him, their only son and heir!

He would punish them. They’d suffer. He’d see to that.

In his dismal cell, Kevin had fantasised about the many ways he could end their lives, but twice so far the parole board had denied him early release. He’d been a mug, played the hard man, had time added on after attacking his cellmate, but at last he had begun playing the game. Now, after serving thirteen years of a fifteen-year sentence, Kevin had ‘found’ religion – or so they thought. He’d become a consummate actor with his meek and mild manner, a ‘reformed’ character.

He was sure that he’d be granted parole this time – that he’d soon be free and ready to exact his revenge. Another scenario began to form in Kevin’s mind, this time taking into account that it couldn’t reach its finale until his parents had changed their will in his favour again. To make that happen he’d have to lull them into a false sense of security … play the part of a loving son.

A scowl marred his handsome face. Love! It wasn’t love he felt for them. It was hate!