The First One To Die by Victoria Jenkins

Author:Victoria Jenkins [Jenkins, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786813138
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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‘What do you make of the bank account then?’ Chloe asked Alex as they headed down the corridor towards Leah Cross’s hospital room. ‘Makes Tom’s accusations suddenly more plausible, doesn’t it?’

‘Maybe. I don’t know. She might have been given the money – let’s not jump to conclusions. I’m trying to keep an open mind until we speak to her, but she’s certainly making that difficult.’

‘What … the speaking-to-her bit or the keeping-an-open-mind bit?’

‘Both.’

She needed to talk to someone from the university again, Alex thought. Unless it transpired that Leah’s parents had moved house in the eighteen months since their daughter had started uni, something wasn’t adding up. The university would have sent correspondence to Leah’s home address prior to her starting there. If the address they’d always had for her was the address they had given her that morning, then that was where her letters would have been sent.

She pushed open the door to Leah’s room. The bed was empty, the sheets gone. The leather sandals that had been beneath the window earlier that day when Alex had stopped by at the hospital were also gone.

‘Can I help you?’

A nurse Alex hadn’t seen before was standing in the doorway.

‘Detective Inspector King,’ Alex said, showing her ID. ‘We’re looking for Leah Cross.’

‘She’s gone,’ the woman said.

‘When?’

The nurse glanced at the clock on the wall. ‘Last hour or so.’

‘But surely she was in no condition just to walk out of here?’

‘I’m sorry,’ the woman said defensively. ‘My shift has only just started – you’d have to speak with someone who’d seen her.’

Alex glanced at Chloe apologetically. Any hope either of them might have had of an early night was gone.

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