Web of Lies by Sally Rigby

Author:Sally Rigby [Rigby, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Top Drawer Press
Published: 2021-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

16 May

At nine-thirty Birdie grabbed her bag from the back of the chair and slipped on her pink and white striped thick knitted cardigan. There had been a nip in the air when she’d arrived earlier, and it would keep her warm.

‘Where are you going? If it’s to get some breakfast, get me a sausage roll. I’ll pay you when you get back,’ Twiggy said, as she marched past his desk.

‘I thought you were meant to be on a diet? I’ll tell Evie,’ she threatened, referring to his wife, and grinning in his direction.

‘You can laugh, but it’s driving me mad. The woman’s emptied the house of anything decent to eat. No cakes. No biscuits. No crisps. I’m not even allowed brown sauce on my dinner. Can you believe it? A meal isn’t a meal unless it’s smothered in sauce. She says it’s got sugar in it. But I don’t know where. It doesn’t taste sweet. Go on. Get me a sausage roll, please. I’ll put in a good word with Sarge to get you back out there.’

‘I don’t need your help, thanks. I’m off to the hospital to take a statement from Sebastian Clifford. He got attacked last night in the town centre.’

He stared at her a broad grin on his face ‘Good for you. What made Sarge change his mind? He’d seemed so determined to make you suffer a while longer.’

‘He hadn’t intended to, that was for sure. He’s only letting me go because I know Clifford as we’ve been working together on a case.’

Crap. She hadn’t meant to tell him about it just yet. Was he going to be upset that she’d kept it from him?

‘What case and why don’t I know about it? We’re meant to be partners. When did Sarge give it to you?’ His jaw clenched as he stared daggers at Birdie.

Twiggy was easy-going and was seldom annoyed, but this had clearly wound him up.

‘That’s the whole point. He didn’t know about it because I was doing it on the side. I didn’t want to involve you, in case Sarge found out, and then we’d both be in trouble.’

‘What’s the case?’ Twiggy asked, his jaw relaxing and his usual expression returning.

‘We’ve been investigating the suicide of Donald Witherspoon.’

‘Ha. So that’s why you wanted to know about the crime scene. All that crap about filing and coming across it. And I fell for it.’ He smacked his forehead. ‘I’m such an idiot.’

She felt the heat rush up her cheeks. Damn. She hated blushing. ‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to deceive you. Anyway, long story short, we looked into it, didn’t come across anything to make us think the verdict was wrong, and then last night he was attacked. Sarge is classing it as a mugging, but I’m not so sure, and neither is Seb. We believe it could have been a warning for him to back off.’

‘Who is this guy and how come he’s investigating a case? Is he a PI?’

‘He used to be a DI at the Met, and he’s doing it for his cousin, who was Witherspoon’s wife.

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