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‘—memorial service tomorrow at noon. Sarah Williamson is at the church now. Any change, Sarah?’

The TV picture jumped to a woman in a black overcoat. ‘So far, all we know is that the memorial service will be open for the public to come and show their respects for Jenny. I can tell you that Robbie Williams will be attending, along with Katie Melua and a host of other celebrities, before heading back down to London for a special live tribute episode of Britain’s Next Big Star.’

‘Ooh…’ Samantha sat forward on the couch. ‘Have to set the recorder.’

Logan took another mouthful of wine, washing down the last of the pasta they’d had for tea. ‘Why do we have to clog the machine up with that shite?’

There was a small pause. ‘You’re such a bloody telly snob.’

‘I’m not a snob.’

‘Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean it’s shite.’

‘—special guests performing the songs that Jenny and her mother—’

‘It is shite. It’s just more cheap reality TV bollocks where halfwits humiliate themselves just so they can get on the bloody telly.’

‘Here we go again.’ She pulled her knees up to her chest, black leather jeans squeaking against the couch. ‘Like what you watch is so damn intellectual.’

‘—charity single tipped to hit number one, we spoke to Gordon Maguire, chairman of Blue-Fish-Two-Fish Productions—’

‘At least I—’

‘The Simpsons isn’t bloody Panorama, is it?’

A middle-aged man in a T-shirt and suit jacket appeared on the screen. He had trendy sideburns with bits cut out of them, a soul patch, a Dundee accent, and a bald head. ‘—bear in mind that the kidnappers still have Alison and we all have to make sure—’

‘I’m just saying it’s exploitative, OK? It’s—’

‘Have you even watched it?’

‘—have to keep raising money while there’s still a chance we can bring her home safely.’

‘What? I don’t need to watch—’

‘See!’ She poked the arm of the couch with a black-painted fingernail. ‘You have sod-all idea what you’re talking about!’

‘—thank you. And now over to Gail with the weather.’

Logan slumped further into the couch. ‘Can we not—’

‘Apart from anything else, this is why Jenny and Alison got kidnapped. If they weren’t on TV, they wouldn’t be famous. And if they weren’t famous, they wouldn’t have been grabbed.’ Samantha stopped poking the couch’s arm, and poked Logan’s instead. ‘So you’ve got no business being a snobby cock, this is directly related to your case.’

‘—mass of Arctic air coming in will hit the north east of Scotland, so we can expect some unseasonably cold weather over the next couple of days—’

Shatter the Bones

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