Suspicion by Leigh Russell

Author:Leigh Russell [Russell, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2019-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

‘I went to see Rosie,’ Nick told me the following evening.

‘And? Why didn’t you say so at once? When did you see her?’

‘This morning. I went to see her while you were still in bed.’

‘Why didn’t you wake me?’

‘I wanted you to stay in bed for as long as possible. You needed the rest.’

He was right about that. After a disturbed night, I hadn’t woken up until after midday and felt much better for my lie in.

‘You asked me to speak to her so I did.’

‘And? What did she say? Did she tell you exactly what she told me? Tell me what she said! Tell me!’

‘Louise, I want you to calm down.’

‘I’m calm, I’m calm!’ I replied, infuriated by his composure. ‘What did she say?’

‘She said she didn’t know anything about any alleged affair between me and Sue.’

‘But she was the one who told me about it in the first place. She showed me photos of the two of you, kissing and– there was more–’

‘She flatly denied having said anything of the sort to you, and she claimed she didn’t know anything about the photos you say she showed you.’

‘She would deny it, wouldn’t she. But did you manage to get hold of her phone?’

‘Yes, yes, I looked at her phone. Rosie offered to accompany me to the police station so we could get it checked.’

I frowned. ‘Do you mean she went with you?’

‘Yes. She volunteered to go to the police station with me to get her phone checked out. It was her idea.’

‘And?’ I pressed him. ‘Did you find the photos of you and Sue?’

‘No, no one could find them. They never existed. There were no photos of me on it anywhere.’

‘She must have another phone. Go back and get it and show it to the police. They’ll be able to find whatever she’s hidden.’

‘I just told you, I already did. Rosie and I went to the police station together and waited while they checked her work phone and her private phone. They found nothing on either of them. Louise, what you’re saying, it didn’t happen. You imagined it.’

‘I didn’t. Rosie told me about your affair and she showed me photos of you and Sue, together.’ Just the memory of those images made me shudder. ‘How was I supposed to react?’

‘Not by sending anonymous emails. Why didn’t you speak to me? Ask me about it? I would have put your mind at rest.’

‘Speak to you? As if you were going to come clean about it.’

‘Come clean about what? How many times do I have to tell you? It’s not true. Louise, surely you can see that nothing you’re saying makes any sense.’

The more he talked, the more I questioned my memory of what had happened. Even the police had been unable to find any evidence of the photos I had seen on Rosie’s phone. Gazing into my husband’s eyes and seeing how genuinely troubled he was, I started to doubt my own sanity.

‘Do you really think I imagined it all?’ I whispered.

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