The Mak Collection

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Author: Tara Moss
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective
mother’s funeral. She was bidding her own mother farewell; how could she have known it would be the last time she would see her best friend alive?
    “Last time I saw her was nearly six months ago in Canada. She came to my mother’s funeral service.”
    “I’m very sorry.” He paused thoughtfully. “How well do you know Tony Thomas, the photographer from your photo shoot today?”
    “I’ve only worked with him once before.”
    “Did you notice anything unusual about the job today before you found the body? Any odd behaviour? Suggestions?”
    “No, I didn’t notice anything odd.”
    “Do you know who suggested the location for the photos?”
    Mak thought for a moment. Some of his questions seemed strange to her.
    “I think Tony would have suggested the location.”
    “Did he know about your connection to Catherine? Aside from being in the same agency?”
    “I don’t see how he could, unless someone else told him.”
    “Thank you Miss Vanderwall. You’ve been veryhelpful. Constable Mahoney will take a statement from you, and drive you home. I’ll be in touch tomorrow morning. Here’s my card. If you have any questions, or if anything comes to mind, even if it seems insignificant to you, please don’t hesitate to call.”
    She held his card in her numb fingers and watched him walk back towards the lights, blending in with the white, expressionless faces of the men and women whose job it was to face violence every day.
    The young policewoman drove Makedde to her Bondi Beach accommodation, and after giving the expected, “How are you feeling now? Is there anything else I can do?” she left Mak alone. It was odd to walk in, feeling Catherine’s presence everywhere, with the image of the mangled corpse flashing feverishly behind her eyes.
    Makedde shivered.
    She leant against the window, palms against the glass, and peered at the outside world; couples laughing, strolling down the beach, carefree and oblivious. It suddenly seemed so foreign. Exhausted, Makedde pulled the shade down, plunging the flat into darkness. She was emotionally drained and incapable of undressing or taking off the thick make-up Joseph had applied. When she collapsed on the bed, she felt the sensation of falling long after her body hit the mattress. The dark room spun in a haze above her.
    It’s all a terrible dream.
    I’ll talk to you tomorrow my friend.
    It seemed like minutes later when the phone attacked her ears with a determined peal. By the third ring the receiver was at her ear, her mind still in deep sleep.
    Finally…Catherine.
    The voice on the other end was speaking to her. “What? Sorry…” she croaked, the words coming out like she was clearing her throat.
    “This is Detective Flynn. Is this Makedde Vanderwall?”
    “Yes.”
    “We would appreciate if you could make an ID at the Glebe morgue this morning.”
    The world came crashing into focus with horrifying clarity.
    It was 9 a.m. already.
    “Yes. I’ll come down.”
    When she hung up the receiver, she found herself fully dressed, sitting up in bed, confronted by a harrowing image in the wall mirror across from her. During the night her dark make-up had streaked in dramatic lines down her cheeks. She tried to wipe it away with one kohl-smudged hand and succeeded in making it worse.
    It just wouldn’t go away.

CHAPTER 3
    A taxi dropped Makedde off at a series of drab, brown doors marked “NSW INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE”. She wondered how many people regularly walked past the unassuming façade without realising it was the morgue.
    Mak had fainted the day before, and had no intention of doing so again. It wasn’t that she had never seen a dead person before. She had accompanied her father to the morgue on many occasions when she was younger. As Vancouver Island’s most respected detective inspector he had free rein to take Makedde wherever she wanted to go; and even at an early age she’d shown an unusual appetite for the macabre. She begged for trips
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