The Baby Jane Murders (9 page)

Angelina
, after realising what had happened, decided on revenge.
The next day at Coles, she dropped a carton of Cokes, close to
where the two boys were standing. Feeling guilty because of the
previous night, they picked up the scattered cans in gentlemanly
fashion.
Angelina
then carefully took them and kept
them. In the evening, she waited until Miss Whiteford left, walked
into Miss Winterbottom's house, brutally killed her and left a can
of Coke with the fingerprints of one of the boys on the windowsill.
The boys were hiding in the bush, until they tried to jump you and
your masterly martial arts skills got the better of
them.

Yes, quite tragically, Miss
Angelina
Baldwin was a victim of circumstance. Adopted, and twice
raped, one could feel sympathy for the young lady. The system
failed her, as it so often does, and with tragic consequences.
However, nothing can permit us to take the law into our own hands.
She could have sought help. But instead she is now guilty of two
counts of cold-blooded murder."

Hendrych was dumfounded and after a while he clapped his
hands. S
ara
barked simultaneously, yet again proud of her master.

“So in fact the two old ladies really were
friends. Poor Miss Whiteford.”

“Indeed. For a moment there, it looked like
it could have been a real-life case of ‘Whatever happened to Baby
Jane’. But that’s just what Angelina Baldwin wanted us to
think.”

“Well, we just have to hope that Ms Brunt is
prepared to start sharing her ANZAC biscuits with Miss
Whiteford”.

“Are you kidding! Now that would be just
like the film!”

And with that they laughed as the sun went
down over the Blue Mountains.