Monster Belt - Chapter Five Jess pictured how police divers would hold the long, dark shape of an abnormally large trout above their heads when they resurfaced, the fish's skin gleaming in bright sunshine, dripping water and making rainbows. She could hear the crowd's disappointment and flurry of nervous anticipation as they realised there had been no mysterious Mere Monster, only another explainable human tragedy. They'd wait for the drowned boy's body to be brought up, but only Jane knew there would be no resulting half-naked corpse. On the bed of the small lake, lying at the entrance to a cave, Jordan King's body would tap to be let in so that it could escape the mayhem of grief and drift down to the sea.