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“I said, step away froht now, you bampots!”

Lake shook his head, seened

“Oh no,” the cop groaned at the same time

“What?” Josh demanded

Lake cocked his head towards the crowd “I know that voice It isn’t a guy It’s Betty”

Josh pointed at the folly “You said Danny was in there with Caroline, not Betty What’s going on?”

Lake pointed at the parting crowd “I think it’s a rescue attempt Look”

Mitch grunted with disgust “No amount of PR will fix this”

“Back off, you bunch of bloodsucking vampires,” Betty’s voice boomed out over the noise of the crowd

Ca it would make Betty turn towards them as she parted the sea of reporters in front of her

“Touch anyone and I’ll break you in two,” she threatened

Behind her were two figures hidden under white bed sheets They were flanked by the doolf clubs Josh could make out Caroline’s sensible cream-coloured pumps under the sheet the first person wore

“Oh hell no, do you hear that?” Mitch said

And sure enough, under the noise of the crowd they could hear singing Danny was belting out “My Way” frorin

“This isn’t funny,” Josh told him