To Make a Killing (14 page)
Authors: K.A. Kendall
“Morgan!?” protested a confused Jenny.
“Sshh, mummy” countered Elaine.
“Do you understand, Mademoiselle Leclerc?”
“I do.” She smiled and almost blushed.
“In that case, could you be so kind as to make us all a nice cup of tea, while I speak to my wife and daughter?”
“Mais oui, Monsieur.” and she disappeared out of sight into the kitchen.
“Morgan, what are you doing!? That little French ‘Oddjob’ will get away!” whispered Jenny
“Mummy, stop it! Don’t you see what Daddy is doing?!”
Jenny sat back and tried to figure it out.
“Elaine, am I right in guessing that you met Pascale Leclerc in connection with your studies?“ asked Jenny
“Yes, she’s my tutor here.”
“And I believe I’m right in thinking that she brought that holdall over there into the flat, didn’t she?” added Keane.
“Yes.”
“Well, one thing I don’t understand is . . . where is Linda?” asked Jenny.
“Well, we fell out about ten days ago. She’s moved in with another friend.”
“Aha.”
The penny finally dropped for Jenny, “Oh my God, Elaine! That woman didn’t just turn up today. You have been harbouring a criminal! Morgan, she could go to jail for this!”
“Jenny, did you listen at all, when I charged her?”
At that moment, Pascale Leclerc returned with the Frisbee platter, this time putting it to a more peaceful use, bearing a teapot, four tea cups, milk, sugar, teaspoons and some digestives.
“I’m going to be quiet now.” sighed Jenny, as she reclined into the plush sofa.
“Well, not quite yet, Jenny. There is a question I have to ask you: Who were you aiming at?”
“You, of course!” smiled Jenny.
“Thank God for that!” joked Keane, and the family laughed far more than the joke had warranted, in sheer relief at the outcome, knowing that they could now return to their normal life.
As a policeman in Kensington had said, precisely eight days earlier: “It’s all over now”.
EPILOGUE
At his trial,
Diego Calderón
revealed that he had approached Madame Chaboulet with a plan to produce and send out fake bottles of wine onto the market under the label of her most serious competitor, in order to blackmail that competitor. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to life imprisonment in France for the murder of Madame Chaboulet.
Calderón later admitted to British police, that he had travelled to Australia on the suspicion that Randolph was carrying out the same blackmail plan that he had come up with. He had traced the fake wine to London and observed Russell collecting the wine. He had followed him to Pascale Leclerc’s flat to discover the location of the forger. He then killed Russell to take over the business.
Calderón denied having murdered Mickey Randolph.
At her trial,
Pascale Leclerc
revealed that Mickey Randolph had asked her to make the forgeries with the promise that they could live a rich life together in Australia afterwards. She had agreed because she was in love with Randolph, whom she had met while travelling in Australia as a student. Leclerc had fled from England after Calderón had asked her to do more work for him with the second shipment of wine.
She was given a conditional sentence. She lost her job at the University, in spite of achieving celebrity status in
France. Not long afterwards she was offered and accepted a new job restoring old masters in the Louvre.
Mickey Randolph
was never found
John Symonds
was in hospital for three weeks after the accident. He eventually recovered fully from the accident, sold his business and moved to Canada. The armed officer who was protecting Symonds was back at work after one week, enjoying his popularity and hero status.
Everyone injured at the Camden station incident recovered from their injuries, and Niels Frederiksen offered them each a free meal at Maison Rive Gauche in a very successful PR-campaign
Morgan
and
Jenny Keane
had a wonderful holiday in Paris, and Keane, on returning to England, received a commendation for his bravery
Elaine
and
Linda
made up again, and Linda would have moved back to Elaine again, but Robbie decided to move to France in order to be with Elaine all the time.
Hayes
and
Shirley
became pen-pals.
Angus
went on to win the club championship.
Disclaimer
This novel has been written purely for entertainment.
Nothing you read in this book should be taken as professional advice in any form – on any subject.
Any characters, actions, names and any way they may be related to each other or to real or fictitious places are entirely fictive.
Any similarity there may be to living or deceased persons is completely coincidental.
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