‘There’s one guy. Creepy as hell. It could be nothing. I don’t want to get him into trouble for no reason.’

‘Rebecca, if he killed Natalya then I wouldn’t say that’s no reason.’

‘Ok, ok. This guy, he’s been hanging around all the time. But only the last couple of months. I don’t know much about him, just that he wanted Natalya to see him. You know, properly see him. He wanted to take her out.’

‘And did she go out with him?’

‘I think so, yeah. It happens all the time. These guys forget what the whole deal is, they want us to be their girlfriend all of a sudden.’

‘But she did go out with him?’

‘I warned her not to. I told her how messy it could get.’

‘Do you know his name?’

‘I just know he’s called Jimmy.’

‘Just Jimmy?’ Easton said. ‘Like it’s just Natalya?’

Rebecca glared but said nothing.

‘Ok. And what do you know about this Jimmy?’ Dani asked.

‘Becs isn’t involved in any of this,’ Laura stated, her tone acidic.

‘In any of what?’

‘Laura,’ Rebecca said, turning to her friend and giving her a pleading look which Dani read to mean shut the hell up.

‘Girls, just be straight with us. Tell us what you know. Who was Natalya mixed up with?’

‘Jimmy deals coke,’ Laura said, matter-of-factly, as though it was something she’d always disapproved of and she was now pleased to be spilling the beans.

Rebecca hung her head.

‘I mean, he isn’t… he’s not a gangster or some big shot like that. But he used to buy coke, sometimes E, off someone he knew and sell it to his mates and… well, us.’

‘How did Jimmy get into that?’ Dani asked.

‘I don’t know,’ Rebecca said. ‘I honestly don’t know. I’ve barely spoken to him before properly.’

‘But you think Natalya’s death has something to do with him?’

‘Makes sense, doesn’t it?’ Laura said. Rebecca stared down at the table, not engaging. ‘I mean, that’s a pretty messed-up world to be involved in. We’re not saying Jimmy did it. But what if it’s because of him?’

‘Rebecca? Do you know who could have killed Natalya?’ Dani asked again.

‘I’ve told you what I know.’

‘Who supplied Jimmy?’

‘I’ve no idea where he got the stuff. But I do know he got into trouble because of it before.’

‘How do you mean?’ Easton said.

‘He was thrown out of the bar, a few weeks ago. He was with Natalya at the time. Some other guys turned up and a fight broke out. The bouncers sorted it all, turfed the lot of them out. That was the last time I saw Jimmy.’