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Alison arrived at the restaurant and found a place by theToear that her father used to study brainwaves Colin had refused to provide it and Toet it for hiested they meet there but he said it would be better if they didn't She knehy They would think she was a thirteen-year-old and Tohteen Why couldn't people see that she was just small?

She nursed her coffee and waited for hirata at home Her mother had thrown him out and her father wasn't prepared to defend hiht in his van and moved into the pub the next day

At thirty-five, Toe Alison's first memories of him hen he was still in the army Her father was a colonel in the est majors to have been appointed to that rank in peacetined his coot a job as a lecturer in archaeology when he graduated His talent ords captivated TV audiences but did nothing to endear hiues They never lost an opportunity to ridicule hiuessed the incident with the cat would put an end to his career

The door of the restaurant opened and he entered

'Have you seen this?'

He sat down and pushed a newspaper in front of her There was a photograph of a cat on the front page It had wires sticking out of its skull Another photograph showed Tom beside a pond with a wicker basket The caption said the cat had been found dead in a ditch close to where he had been conducting experiments

'It's that Dr Duncan-Brown,' Allison whispered 'He's out to get you Daddy said he took photographs of you That will be one of the his laboratory apart and loading things into the trailer'

'Did you get the helot it here We're not going to let that snotty-nosed Duncan-Broin I'ht hi really i and looked inside

'It's not all here'

'I'll bring the rest with reed toIf I let you have it now, you'll leave me out'