someone else . ’
She clicked another and got the same answer. She swore and left the site. She was already feeling soured towards these dating sites. She was about to try another site, the last one, she promised herself, when she became aware of someone entering the room. Quickly, she cleared her screen and scrubbed looking at the sites and went back into Head of HR mode.
‘How can I help?’ she asked the young man who had come into her room.
‘I just wondered if it’s all right if I take Monday off? My grandma has died and it’s her funeral.’
‘I’m sorry to hear that. Square it with your head of department but otherwise, yes of course.’
‘Thanks Miss.’ He turned and left the room.
‘Goodness me, what do I think I’m doing? I must be mad. Looking at this drivel won’t get me anywhere. I need to check on the Board Room, not mess about with dating sites.’ She was speaking out loud as she got up to go and do her duty. She’d go home and see her beautiful cat.
*
Ray pondered on the day. Another murder, lots of possible suspects but nothing concrete to go on. He’d sent Ted home and the other officers were by now off duty and a new batch had come in for the night shift. Saturday evening and here he was still sitting in his office. He looked through the notes again but they offered no real clues. He had no obvious person to investigate, no-one who raised his suspicions. It was depressing in the extreme. An hour later, he was still sitting there with his heap of papers and a cup of stone cold coffee. He glanced at his watch. It was almost eight o’clock. He packed up and decided to go home. As he drove, he thought about some of the people he’d come into contact with in the past few days. He wondered what Kevin Riley was up to. It must have been a very strange relationship for an almost middle class girl to be going out with him. But it seemed he was in the clear from murder after the questioning about his other activities. He may not have had the stolen phones on him but his mates certainly had. They’d all admitted to the thefts so Kevin was apparently off the hook. Besides, he had no contact with Jimmy North so it was unlikely he had anything to do with this latest murder.
Ray parked outside his flat. It was a modern place towards the edge of the town, where he had lived for the past few years. He was on the ground floor and overlooked a reasonable garden. He poured himself a large scotch and sat down to listen to some decent music. Fairly soon, he fell asleep and woke around midnight. He decided it was a bit too late to eat anything and so went to bed. He woke sometime around four and felt so hungry he decided it was ridiculous and got up to get something to eat. His fridge was fairly empty but he made some cheese on toast and sat thinking some more as he chewed it. How sad was he, sitting alone eating cheese on toast at four in the morning?
With the murder of Jimmy North today, no yesterday, it seemed unlikely to be either of the ex-elf’s two flatmates. Unless of course, it was a blind action to defer their guilt. He thought about the half dozen or so customers who were in the store but none of them had any motive at all. In fact he could see no real motive for anyone to kill either of the victims. It must be someone with a distinct hatred of Christmas, he was now thinking. One of his first jobs today must be to re-visit Jimmy’s home. There might be some clue there, hidden away. Some details about a person who might do this.
He glanced at his watch again. It was almost five o’clock. Was it worth going back to bed now or should he stay up? Ray hated being indecisive but this case was getting to him. It was only day two of the second murder so he really shouldn’t be worried. Heavens, the poor old boy hadn’t been dead for twenty-four hours yet. He hadn’t even seen the pathology report yet, but he doubted that would be much help. The old man had obviously been stabbed. All the same,
She clicked another and got the same answer. She swore and left the site. She was already feeling soured towards these dating sites. She was about to try another site, the last one, she promised herself, when she became aware of someone entering the room. Quickly, she cleared her screen and scrubbed looking at the sites and went back into Head of HR mode.
‘How can I help?’ she asked the young man who had come into her room.
‘I just wondered if it’s all right if I take Monday off? My grandma has died and it’s her funeral.’
‘I’m sorry to hear that. Square it with your head of department but otherwise, yes of course.’
‘Thanks Miss.’ He turned and left the room.
‘Goodness me, what do I think I’m doing? I must be mad. Looking at this drivel won’t get me anywhere. I need to check on the Board Room, not mess about with dating sites.’ She was speaking out loud as she got up to go and do her duty. She’d go home and see her beautiful cat.
*
Ray pondered on the day. Another murder, lots of possible suspects but nothing concrete to go on. He’d sent Ted home and the other officers were by now off duty and a new batch had come in for the night shift. Saturday evening and here he was still sitting in his office. He looked through the notes again but they offered no real clues. He had no obvious person to investigate, no-one who raised his suspicions. It was depressing in the extreme. An hour later, he was still sitting there with his heap of papers and a cup of stone cold coffee. He glanced at his watch. It was almost eight o’clock. He packed up and decided to go home. As he drove, he thought about some of the people he’d come into contact with in the past few days. He wondered what Kevin Riley was up to. It must have been a very strange relationship for an almost middle class girl to be going out with him. But it seemed he was in the clear from murder after the questioning about his other activities. He may not have had the stolen phones on him but his mates certainly had. They’d all admitted to the thefts so Kevin was apparently off the hook. Besides, he had no contact with Jimmy North so it was unlikely he had anything to do with this latest murder.
Ray parked outside his flat. It was a modern place towards the edge of the town, where he had lived for the past few years. He was on the ground floor and overlooked a reasonable garden. He poured himself a large scotch and sat down to listen to some decent music. Fairly soon, he fell asleep and woke around midnight. He decided it was a bit too late to eat anything and so went to bed. He woke sometime around four and felt so hungry he decided it was ridiculous and got up to get something to eat. His fridge was fairly empty but he made some cheese on toast and sat thinking some more as he chewed it. How sad was he, sitting alone eating cheese on toast at four in the morning?
With the murder of Jimmy North today, no yesterday, it seemed unlikely to be either of the ex-elf’s two flatmates. Unless of course, it was a blind action to defer their guilt. He thought about the half dozen or so customers who were in the store but none of them had any motive at all. In fact he could see no real motive for anyone to kill either of the victims. It must be someone with a distinct hatred of Christmas, he was now thinking. One of his first jobs today must be to re-visit Jimmy’s home. There might be some clue there, hidden away. Some details about a person who might do this.
He glanced at his watch again. It was almost five o’clock. Was it worth going back to bed now or should he stay up? Ray hated being indecisive but this case was getting to him. It was only day two of the second murder so he really shouldn’t be worried. Heavens, the poor old boy hadn’t been dead for twenty-four hours yet. He hadn’t even seen the pathology report yet, but he doubted that would be much help. The old man had obviously been stabbed. All the same,
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