‘Give me your phone,’ said Vogel.
Mary removed it from her pocket again and handed it to him. He pushed return call.
A bright young-sounding female voice responded.
‘Hello Mary, thanks for calling back.’
Vogel didn’t speak for a few seconds.
‘Hello?’ queried the voice.
‘It’s David,’ he replied quietly.
There was a pause at the other end of the line.
‘Oh my God,’ said the voice. ‘It’s just so good to speak to you.’
‘It’s good to speak to you, too,’ replied Vogel and, rather to his surprise, he found that he meant it.
He reached out with his free arm for Mary and pulled her close.
Acknowledgements
I am incredibly grateful, for their expert advice and assistance, to: NHS Psychiatric Consultant Dr Billy Boland, and former Detective Sergeant Frank Waghorn of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary.