Killed in King's Cross by Samantha Silver

Author:Samantha Silver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blueberry Books Press

Chapter 13

About three or four minutes later, Elise came back into the room, followed by a guy who, as soon as I saw him, didn’t surprise me at all that he had been here less than twelve hours earlier. The guy’s biceps were about the size of my face, he could probably squat at least 400 pounds, but as he waved his face in the towel and threw on a hoodie while entering the room, he grinned at Violet and I before holding out a hand.

“I hear you’re looking for someone who was here last night,” he said. “That’s me. I’m usually here twice a day, before and after work. Call me Johnny.”

“What you do, out of curiosity, Johnny?” I asked.

“I work in the city, trading mainly on the ASX. Since I work out of Sydney’s time zone, my hours make this the most convenient gym near my place.”

Stockbroker. I had to admit, I had not expected that. I thought for sure he was going to say security guard, construction worker, something like that. But hey, that was what I got for assuming things about people, wasn’t it?

“You were here last night when this woman left,” Violet said, holding her phone out to Johnny, who took it and squinted at the picture for a minute.

“Yeah, I was. I saw her last night. She was working legs. She’s strong, too. I was using the weights that overlooked the entrance when she was leaving.”

Violet leaned forward, her eyes gleaming. “Did you notice anything suspicious as she left? Did you notice anyone following her? Did anyone else leave the gym a minute or two after?”

Johnny thought for a second, then shook his head slowly.

“No, I don’t think so. I don’t think anyone left after her.”

Elise tapped away at her keyboard for a minute, and then nodded. “Johnny is right. After Marnie left, the next person to leave the gym was twelve minutes later.”

“There was something though,” Johnny said thoughtfully. “As she was leaving, I’m pretty sure I heard her calling out to someone.”

“Did you see who?” Violet asked quickly, but Johnny shook his head.

“No. Since the weights area is a bit elevated, you can’t really see out all that far. Whoever it was wasn’t close enough to the door for me to see. And it may not have been that. Maybe she just got on the phone, or something.”

“Alright, thank you,” Violet said, and Johnny nodded.

“Sure. Anything I can do to help. I hope you find who did this.”

With that, Johnny got up from the chair and made his way back to the gym.

“Can I see the CCTV feeds from last night?” Violet asked.

“Sure,” Elise replied, tapping away on the computer once more. After a minute or so, she turned the screen to Violet and handed her the mouse. “Here you go.”

Violet immediately set the camera that focused on the stairs to full screen, and scrolled back to the previous night. Sure enough, at 12:48am, Marnie Philips came into view. She was with someone, a man.

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