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  Chapter 48

  Badock’s Wood

  Friday 23rd October

  8.39 a.m.

 

 

  James arrived at the woods with his father just before sunrise. He’d made a call to the police at ten o’clock the previous morning and reported that Howie and Markland were missing. The operator didn’t think that James’ call was high priority.

  He was out of bed early and knocking on his father’s door insisting that he accompany him to Badock’s Wood to search for Howie, Markland and the teacher from Howie’s school.

  After more than an hour of exploring the entire area, father and son sat forlornly on the bench alongside the steel monument opposite the burial mound.

  “Markland’s car is still here. It’s not moved since Wednesday. Where can they be?” said James.

  His father shook his head, and as he did, he noticed a bunch of keys on the floor between the monument and the bench. He reached forward and picked them up.

  “We should hand these in, someone will be looking for them,” said Han, examining the Ferrari keyring.

  “Let me see,” said James, snatching the keys.

  “I’ve seen that Ferrari badge before. These belong to Howie. I recognise them from the night we went to the pub.”

  Han took a closer look.

  “Christ James, you’re right. They’re his. He’s a bloody petrol head isn’t he.”

  “If you say so, I don’t know. But I did see him with them in the pub.”

  “Okay, we need to take these to the police. We need to let them know where we found them.”

  “At last you’re taking this seriously,” said James.

  “Shall we have another look around the woods?” asked Han.

  “No, I think the woods are too big for just the two of us to search. We’ve looked as much as we can on our own. We need to make sure the police or involved. Let’s hand the keys in, and hopefully the police will bring in a team to search this place.”

  They left the woods and headed to the police station.