Hidden Scars: A completely gripping crime thriller with a nail-biting twist (Detective Kim Stone Book 17) by Angela Marsons

Author:Angela Marsons [Marsons, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781803147710
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2022-11-08T18:30:00+00:00

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FORTY-EIGHT

Stacey took a few deep breaths as she walked towards the home of Bethany and Gabriel Denton. There was no part of what she was going to say to Beth that was going to offer her comfort.

The woman must have seen her coming down the path as the door was opened before she had a chance to knock.

‘Have you found him?’ she asked, clasping her hands together.

Stacey shook her head as she stepped into Beth’s home.

Beth pointed towards the lounge, and Stacey followed her instruction. The sound of a radio station came from the kitchen where Beth had obviously been keeping herself busy.

‘Please sit,’ Beth instructed.

‘Thank you. We’ve had a couple of developments. None of which bring us any closer to finding Gabriel, but we have located his car.’

Beth sat forward as though this news was going to lead to something revelatory even though Stacey had tried to manage expectations before speaking.

‘Where?’

‘Not far from New Street station.’

‘Birmingham?’ she asked, scrunching up her nose. She shook her head. ‘He hates crowded places. Someone must have taken his car, stolen it and dumped it.’

‘The car was locked and didn’t appear to have been tampered with.’

‘Oh.’

Beth seemed to be forgetting the small matter of Gabriel withdrawing a large amount of money.

‘I’ve spoken with Craig, and Gabriel hasn’t been in touch with him.’

‘Why would he if he’s in hospital somewhere with amnesia?’

Oh dear, this was going to be harder than she’d thought. Maybe she could buy a little time until the penny dropped without her having to force it.

‘He told me they haven’t spoken since your wedding day.’

Beth closed her eyes for a second and shook her head. ‘Oh, it was just awful. We had a dance towards the end of the night and his hands were all over me, running up and down my body. I tried to get away from him, but he kept pulling me closer and telling me I’d married the wrong brother.’ She shuddered. ‘The memory still makes me nauseous. I ran to the bathroom trying to hide my tears, but one of his cousins saw me in there trying to get myself together. I refused to tell Gabe at first; they were brothers. I knew how close they were. I didn’t want to spoil that, but he just kept badgering me until I blurted it out. There was a huge argument and they haven’t spoken since.’

‘Did Gabriel ever talk about trying to patch things up?’

Beth shook her head. ‘He would never have placed me in the position of having to spend time around him. Just the thought of it makes my skin crawl. I’m sorry you wasted your time, but Gabe would never contact Craig.’

Stacey nodded her agreement.

‘So can you see on CCTV who drove the car? Maybe the direction in which they went?’

Stacey shook her head. ‘No CCTV on this particular car park. His passport wasn’t in the car, but his phone was.’

‘That proves someone must have taken him. Gabe would never just leave his phone.’

The penny hadn’t dropped and it was clear to Stacey that it wasn’t going to.

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