Hushabye (A Kate Redman Mystery by Celina Grace

Author:Celina Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celina Grace
Published: 2021-04-08T18:31:59+00:00

They get over it, anyway... Kate thought about that as she drove away from the house. Did they? Had Nick Fullman gotten over it? Had he even had a chance? Was the bit about his behaviour true and, if it was, did it mean anything? She turned the car lights on, illuminating the road ahead, and pulled out of the driveway, keeping her face turned from the gates and the fluttering mass of ribbons, staring straight ahead into the gathering dusk.

Chapter Twelve

“Interesting,” said Anderton. Kate and Olbeck were sat in his office, ostensibly facing his desk but actually turning this way and that in their chairs to keep him in view as he paced up and down.

“I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier,” said Olbeck. “Saheed was obviously pretty cut up about the fact that he never saw Casey Fullman anymore.”

A search of Ali Saheed’s flat had yielded nothing of interest, except a half-full wrap of cocaine and some fairly vanilla pornography. Kate swivelled in her seat, trying to catch Anderton’s eye.

“Casey is clearly scared of her husband,” she said. “She said several times ‘He’ll kill me.’ It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s abusive, emotionally abusive if not physically.”

“And where is your evidence for that, DS Redman? A lot of wives would be very scared of their husbands finding out they’d had a five-year affair. It doesn’t mean that they’re all married to perpetrators of domestic violence.”

Kate took a deep breath. “No, I appreciate that, but–”

“But what? You have no evidence of abuse. None. Dig around if you must, talk to a few more people. You can’t assume from a throwaway comment – a throwaway comment from an extremely emotionally distraught woman – that it means anything of significance.”

“Actually, sir,” said Olbeck, seeing that Kate was momentarily wrong-footed. “It would be useful to get a bit more background on this development. Casey says no one knew, but in my experience, someone always knows.”

Kate was thinking hard. There was something Gemma Phillips had said – what was it? She scrolled back through her mental files, searching for the pertinent phrase. What was it? She thought of her last interview with Gemma: the Mulberry bag, the false fiancée, the smile at the suggestion of an affair with Nick – ah. That was it. What had Gemma said when confronted with that very suggestion? She’d retorted something about it being Casey who’d told Kate that. What else? But just try telling Casey that! She only thinks that because she–

“Gemma Phillips,” she said, slowly. “She knows. Or she knows something. I have a feeling she knows more about this than she’s letting on. I’ll talk to her again.”

Anderton finally came to a halt and looked at her.

“Do that,” he said, briefly. “Where are we with the other things?”

Olbeck consulted his notes.

“Jerry interviewed Gary Jones about his association with Nick Fullman. Insisted there was nothing more than a business acquaintanceship and that he wanted Nick’s advice on investing in property. They were apparently discussing buy to let investments during their meeting on January 14th.

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