Page 251 of Murder in the Family

It was just starting to rain, but there was light streaming out from the house. The door to the terrace was open—

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

It hadn’t been before?

IAN WILSON

(shaking his head)

Definitely not. Remember, he never let me in. We went round the side of the house and the back door was definitely closed then.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

So what did you see when you looked back?

IAN WILSON

Like I said, it was a completefucking freak-show.

There was someone there, standing over him – just, like,staringat him.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

You didn’t see this person actually hit him?

IAN WILSON

No. But I saw what they had in their hand.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

You could see what it was, even in the dark?

IAN WILSON

I’d just tripped over the fucking thing not five minutes before. Of course I knew what it was.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

And you sawwhoit was?

IAN WILSON

Yes, I saw who it was.

(takes another drag)

But like I said, no one would have believed me.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

Because—?

IAN WILSON

Because it was a fuckingkid.

He couldn’t have been more than 10. Just standing there like a fucking zombie or something, with that bloody thing in his hand.

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