Evil at Echo Point by Grace York

Author:Grace York [York, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

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"What do you mean, not the target?" asked Adam. They'd reached the carpark and were climbing into Isaac's car for the short drive back to the beach house.

Addison buckled her seat belt. "I mean if it was someone who saw him from the beach, we've just proven they couldn't have known who he was. So what if they thought it was someone else? Chad, or Brody? Or someone from one of the other camps?"

"But what motive would any of the surfers have for going up there and confronting anyone else?" asked Isaac. "Trent was the one who got under everyone's skin. According to all the surfers we interviewed Chad and Brody had been accepted. That's why they got invited to the party on the beach in the first place."

Addison didn't have an answer. "Good point," she conceded. "So where does that leave us?"

"Not much closer to finding out the truth, I'm afraid," said Isaac. He negotiated the bends in the beach road and turned into Addison's driveway. "We've established that if he was using his mobile phone Trent could have been seen from the beach, but not identified."

"It's a bit of a trek to go confront someone in the middle of the night," said Adam. "The path from the beach up to the lighthouse is steep and uneven. You'd need a light to negotiate it, and it's a good two hundred metres and a lot of steps. Seems odd for an argument about surfing etiquette."

"I agree," said Isaac. He shifted the car into park, but left the engine running. "Let's call it a night for now. I'll be in touch once I get an update from the coroner's office tomorrow."

Addison and Adam said goodbye and climbed out of the car. Isaac pulled out of the driveway just as Brooke and Lenny pulled their van in.

"Did you see us in the dark?" Brooke asked as they all trooped into the beach house.

"No," said Addison. She explained what had happened once all the lights were out. "You'd have to have very good eyesight and be looking in the exact right spot to see anyone up there without any light at all."

They went into the kitchen and Addison put the kettle on. She fancied a hot chocolate. Olivia emerged from the bottom of the kitchen staircase, and Addison explained everything once again.

"So what conclusions have you drawn from your little excursion?" said Olivia, sounding more and more like her father.

"I don't think we can draw any conclusions really," said Addison. "It's possible someone saw Trent from the beach, but they would have to have been very motivated to climb up there and fight with him. Remember we're talking about a bunch of drunk surfers. I find it hard to believe they weren't all fast asleep by the time Trent was murdered."

"Agreed," said Adam. He started pulling mugs out of the cupboard for hot chocolates. "My money's back on the girlfriend."

"Yeah, me too," said Brooke. "She knew he was cheating. Maybe she didn't intend to kill him.

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