Body Heat: Doctor Hughes hunts a deadly arsonist in this murder mystery (The Dr Callie Hughes crime scene investigations Book 2) by Candy Denman

Author:Candy Denman [Denman, Candy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE BOOK FOLKS bestselling crime fiction publisher
Published: 2020-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“They’ve only gone and questioned Mark again,” Helen was telling Callie on the telephone.

“What?” Callie was astounded. “But they know he couldn’t have done it. He was in custody, for goodness’ sake.”

“At least this time they questioned him at his house rather than the station. Honestly, I think the boy’s going to have a complete breakdown.”

“Do you know why they questioned him?” Callie was cautious about letting Helen know she already knew about the fingerprints, in case she felt she ought to have warned the social worker, and Mark.

“Apparently they found another can with his prints on.”

“I can see why they wanted to talk to him then, I mean, the killer has to be someone Mark knows well enough that they can get hold of his discarded cans to leave at the scene.”

“Quite, but they could have done it more gently and not make him feel he’s stupid or lying when he says he doesn’t know who it is.” Helen hesitated. “Look, I suggested he come and see you, and he wasn’t averse to the idea.”

“I thought he was going to change doctors?” Callie queried.

“I think I convinced him that you weren’t really anything to do with the police thinking he was a suspect. Besides, he wouldn’t have a clue how to do that, poor lamb, so you’re still his GP.”

“Has he been to see his psychologist again?” Callie couldn’t even trust herself to mention Adrian Lambourne’s name after his insinuations.

“He was supposed to see him last week, but the doctor kept Mark waiting so long that he walked out. Please, Callie, he needs all the support he can get. At least give him a call, just so he knows you don’t hold anything against him, if nothing else.”

“Okay, I’ll do that tonight, and I’ll offer him an appointment tomorrow morning as it’s my turn to do a Saturday. But it depends on him agreeing to see me, and on the police not picking him up again,” she added.

“I wouldn’t put it past them,” Helen agreed.

Once Callie had hung up, she took a deep breath. What on earth was Miller thinking? Why was he still hounding Mark? He couldn’t possibly still think that he had anything to do with it. Callie wondered if she should mention to Lambourne her worries that the boy might have been abused at some point, but decided that now probably wasn’t the time to tackle that particular hang-up. It could wait until he’d recovered from all the police attention.

She was so angry, she had to wait a while to calm down before ringing Mark and leaving a message on the answer machine saying she would hold an appointment at the end of morning surgery for him the next day. It would have been better to have spoken to him, but he was probably too anxious to answer the phone, and who could blame him? She just hoped he listened to her message and felt able to come and see her tomorrow, or she would have to find time to visit him at home again.

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