Emma and Delphine were staring at both of them, their eyes hooded with worry.
‘Stuff?’ said Delphine.
‘Mmm,’ said Kim. ‘When Xavier was delivered, he came with a carton containing a syringe of some sort of solution. We put it in the cool box for safety when Bella’s girls came round one day and then I more or less forgot it was there. I spotted it when I was grabbing bits and pieces in a hurry yesterday morning, but had no time to think about hiding it anywhere else.’
Kim hadn’t thought it possible for their complexions to change but their faces went paper white with shock.
‘You think Xavier has taken it?’
‘Unless one of you has moved it?’
They both shook their heads vigorously.
‘Then yes, I think he has.’
There was a long silence while everyone thought about why Xavier would have taken a syringe full of a lethal solution.
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