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McBain? You’ve been in bother before.’
    â€˜Shut it. Do a search on Twilight for me. What’s that actor’s name? English. Big hair.’
    â€˜Robert Pattinson.’
    â€˜Get you.’
    â€˜I am SO down with the kids,’ he grins.
    â€˜Latent homosexual are the words you’re groping for,’ I say as I try Pattinson and Robert and then both together.
    â€˜Vampire is the clue,’ says Kenny as he keys something into his phone. ‘Ah, the wonders of Google. Try Edward Cullen.’ Kenny spells out the surname.
    â€˜Who he?’ I ask.
    â€˜The main vampire character in the books, apparently.’
    I type. The password screen vanishes, and I’m in Aileen’s laptop.
    â€˜Excellent,’ I say, rubbing my hands together. ‘You’re the man who’s down with the kids. What am I looking for now?’
    â€˜Social networking sites. Go to her internet home page.’
    I do, and the Google legend appears in the middle of the screen with a search box. Below it are quick links to Facebook, Twitter and Glasgow University among others.
    Kenny is reading over my shoulder. ‘She’ll also be using her phone to get on Facebook.’
    â€˜You can do that?’ I ask.
    â€˜Christ, you’re pathetic.’
    â€˜Naw, I’m too busy locking up arseholes to be bothered with this shite.’
    Kenny leans in, takes over the trackpad and clicks on Facebook.
    â€˜Hopefully the computer has saved her password,’ he says. We go straight in.
    â€˜So this is what it’s all about,’ I say as I scan the page, not knowing where to look first. ‘It’s a bit busy.’
    Kenny moves the mouse, clicks on something. The page reloads and all the entries are from Aileen.
    â€˜Right. That filters out everyone else and lets us see what your girl has been up to.’
    I read a column on the left. ‘She has 285 friends? How can you possibly keep in touch with that many people? Why has she got that wee picture there?’
    â€˜That’s her profile picture. Some people use a photo of themselves, but you can use any image – a symbol or an avatar. She’s using a photo of the actress from Twilight .’
    â€˜A fucking avatar? Avatar? Isn’t that from some godawful movie?’ I suddenly feel a huge resentment at the world. People waste their lives on this shit while I’m out there dealing with all kinds of degenerates. I sit back in the chair, crossing my arms and shaking my head.
    â€˜OK, granddad. Take a chill pill,’ says Kenny. His grin is about splitting his face in two. He turns back to the screen. ‘Right. This column down the middle shows your girl – looks like she calls herself LovesEdward on Instagram – and what she’s been up to.’
    I sit forward, elbows on my thighs. ‘This is more like it.’
    Under recent activity it says:
    â€˜LMAO on Jenny Craig’s status.’
    â€˜You did WHAT? LOL You go girl!’
    â€˜Fucking exam. Fucking hate studying.’
    I look at Kenny in frustration. He is still wearing that big-toothed smile. ‘Not even going to ask,’ I say.
    â€˜Our girl has a potty mouth,’ he says.
    I scroll down the list. Each comment is as inane as the last.
    â€˜I’m sure it has some entertainment value,’ I say, ‘but for fuck sakes, this is what the future of our country is relying on?’
    â€˜What age are you?’ asks Kenny
    I start shaking my head again.
    â€˜Get over yourself, ya eejit. You’re looking for clues here. Not an excuse to give up on modern society.’
    I mentally thank Kenny for the reminder – it wouldn’t do to actually say it out loud – and I go back to reading the entries.
    After several minutes of this Kenny stands up.
    â€˜I can see you’re going to be riveting company tonight, so I’ll make myself scarce.’ He catches my eye and then adds.