She Came Too Late

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'She was a warm body... I didn't want to know her. And I didn't want to notice the small black charred hole in the back of her trench coat. I grabbed a wrist. It was warm but there was no pulse. Not that I could feel...' It's been a long hot summer. At the Women's Hotline, Emma Victor is struggling under the burden of too many calls and too many government cuts. Then she gets a cry for help she simply can't refuse. Reluctantly Victor agrees to break the rules and meet her client. There's only one problem: the woman's already dead...