Heller's Girlfriend by JD Nixon

Author:JD Nixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, adventure, mystery, relationships, chick lit

Chapter 17

However, my check-up the next morning quickly scotched that hope. My voice had recovered somewhat, my eyes were fine again, the redness of my skin had abated to a soft pink, but my burns still needed regular and painful dressing changes. The doctor declared I’d be in hospital for yet another night – not news designed to cheer my spirits in the least.

So I was in a reasonably grumpy mood when two detectives walked into my room to interview me. How did I know they were detectives? I’d like to say it was my keen cop radar, but in fact they entered the room accompanied by my brother, Brian. It was a lot of big men for a small hospital room, but I was determined not to feel intimidated by their bulky presence. I hadn’t done anything wrong.

“Hello Brian,” I said, my mood improving a little. How nice of him to visit me.

“You look fucking terrible,” Brian said baldly, staring down at me. Pop! There went the tiny bubble of self-confidence I’d managed to inflate in the days I’d spent in hospital.

“Thanks for that,” I said sarcastically. “I’ve heard that the unvarnished truth significantly improves the recovery of an invalid. In fact, for your information, I happen to look a hell of a lot better than I did three days ago.”

“Why haven’t you told anyone in the family about what happened to you? I only heard about it from these guys.”

“I didn’t want anyone to worry. I thought I’d be out of here by now.”

“Mum and Dad would have wanted to visit.”

I sighed. “I know. I probably should have told them, but the doctor said I could go home tomorrow so I’m not going to bother now. It’s better sometimes if they don’t know what I get up to at work.”

One of the other men cleared his throat. Brian turned around. “Oh yeah. Tilly, these are Detective Gupta and Detective Thomas. They’re investigating the fire at the house of Marty and Gabriela Scholler. You up to talking to them?” The cool looks the detectives slid my way let me know that whether I was up to it or not, I’d be chatting to them today.

“Why are you investigating? The fire was accidental, surely?”

“Have to investigate all accidental deaths, Tilly. Do you mind if we call you Tilly?” asked Gupta, his insincere smile bright. I shrugged, not really caring what they called me. “Just want to square everything away for the coroner. There will be an inquest of course. But at this stage it looks like an out-and-out accident. Tragic, but what the hell do you expect when you have hundreds of candles, a bunch of drunk people and a hot, strong wind? Fatal combination.”

I nodded in complete agreement.

“Tell us what happened from when you arrived there with your partner. What was his name?” He rifled through his notebook. “Ferrell? Oh yeah, Farrell. We’ve already interviewed him. We understand you were there as security.” I nodded again. He looked me up and down.

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