The look on Dani’s face indicated she hadn’t.

‘There was a complication so they delivered the baby early.’

‘When?’ Dani said.

‘Wednesday night, but I only found out this morning. Last I heard all’s fine, though the baby’s still in hospital. Her name’s Erika.’

Dani rolled her eyes. At herself. She and Fletcher had not exactly been on the best of terms recently, but she still wished she’d known. She would have sent a message at least.

‘But I’ve spoken to Easton. He’s not going to screw you over.’

‘Then why could he barely look me in the eye earlier?’

‘He’s a young guy who’s thinking about his career. He’s not going to challenge McNair and Baxter, is he? He’ll give Professional Standards the plain, simple truth when asked. He’s not going to stick the knife in. He’s doing what they’re asking by not talking to you.’

‘Yet you’re talking to me.’ Dani said.

Jason shifted in his seat. ‘I guess my position with you is a little more complicated.’

Dani didn’t ask what he meant by that. She thought again about the meeting with Barlow and Sturridge and what the witnesses had said they’d heard Harland shout. What did it mean? She debated whether to talk to Jason about it. She decided she couldn’t.

‘Have you made any progress?’ she asked, trying to push the thoughts away.

‘Not exactly. Still no sign of Ethan Grant. We’ve now traced Natalya’s final movements as best we can using CCTV. We did manage to find one more capture, and given the direction she was running in, we’ve honed in on three industrial estates with various business premises and lock-ups. It’s a long search but we’re doing what we can to see if we can find any evidence of her being held at one of those sites.’

‘What about residences? It’s equally possible she was held in a home.’

‘Yeah, we’re working on it, but it’s not a fast process. Toxicology is back but there’s not much to tell. We’ve also had prelim results back from forensics both on the crime scenes, and at Natalya’s home, though we’re still yet to formally ID her.’

‘And?’

‘And pretty much nothing. No sign of any kind of struggle at Natalya’s. No indication of anyone being there who couldn’t be explained.’

Dani sighed. ‘And Jessica Bradford?’

‘I’ve spoken to Missing Persons about her. They couldn’t add anything that you didn’t already know.’

‘That’s it?’