Tim O'Rourke

I prodded him in the chest with a finger and said, __ook here, smart mouth, I__ getting pretty sick of you already. If you know what__ best for you, keep your trap shut and do as I tell you. I still haven__ forgotten how you pushed my friend into that corpse. So unless you want to end up like that body in the underpass, do yourself a favour and keep out of my face, okay?___hatever you say, boss. You__e the boss, boss,_ Drake said.__ee, there you go again!_ I snapped at him.____ not sure I know what you mean, boss,_ Drake said.__ou even say boss like a wise arse,_ I shot back at him.__ don__ know what you mean b-_ Drake started again.__id I say you had to call me boss?___t__ just that I thought___on__ think!_ I barked. __ust do as I say and we__l get along just fine.___hatever you say,_ Drake said.I glanced at Madison and she was smiling. __hat__ so funny?_ I asked.__othing,_ she smiled back.__h, I__ sorry,_ I said. __ didn__ realise that I was some sort of freaking comedian. Let__ see ifyou think it__ so funny when another one of those dead kids shows up. Jesus, no wonder you amateurs haven__ caught this piece of scum yet _ you__e probably all too busy sitting round cracking jokes andtaking the piss to do any real police work.___ou are funny though,_ she half-laughed. __t__ just that when you get angry, your jaw goes alltense and your nostrils flare out at the sides.___h yeah, how very amusing,_ I remarked. __ think you two clowns are funny _ not ha-ha funny_ but fucked-in-the-head funny! Now, if you two have quite finished doing your Laurel and Hardy impersonations, we__e got a killer to catch!

I love you!_ he bellowed at me and his eyes turned black. __appy now? I love you, okay? I love youso fucking much that it hurts! It__ driving me insane! I loved you from the moment I saw you doingyour Miss Marple impression in those woods back at The Ragged Cove. But I could tell you weresweet on Luke and hey, why not? He__ the good-looking one, right? I mean, I__ just the hired muscle.I__ the one who gets everyone else out of the shit. But I couldn__ help my feelings, I__ never felt likethat before. So yeah, okay I stole a kiss from you in the gatehouse _ big fucking deal! But you knowwhat? That was the biggest mistake of my life, because that one kiss from you drove me out of my tinyfreaking mind! So, I__ sorry if I give the boy a hard time and ain__ too gentle with the girl, but I__ notgoing to sit back and watch you risk your life just so you can blow their noses and wipe their arses!__ looked at Potter and he seemed almost out of breath after his rant. Once he had finished, he put outhis cigarette and lit another one. Standing, I looked at him and said, __otter, I had no idea___h, forget it,_ he said, waving me away with his hand. __ shouldn__ have said anything. Besides, I__lbe moving out at first light in search of Luke. Once I__e rescued him, I__l bring him to you in TheHollows and you won__ have to see me again.