“No. It was a party. Everyone was happy . . . well, as happy as could be expected, given the recent circumstances. Kate was on edge, but who could blame her?”

His brow creased. “More on edge than the past few days? Was she wary of anyone in particular?”

Blaire hesitated only a moment. “Simon. She’s afraid of him. Thinks he’s doing things to make her doubt herself.”

“What kind of things?”

“Moving things around where they shouldn’t be, making her think she doesn’t remember she’s done something, that sort of thing.”

He arched an eyebrow. “Do you think that’s possible? Or could she be imagining it? How do you think her state of mind is?”

She hesitated, thinking about Kate’s hysterical laughter earlier in the evening, and the candles in the bathroom. If she told Anderson about it, he’d definitely discredit Kate’s judgment. But since Kate wasn’t a suspect, she saw no reason to tell him any of that. She needed him to take Kate’s suspicions of Simon seriously.

“I think Simon could definitely be doing these things. I’ve never trusted him. Maybe you already know this, but that night I was at Gordon’s, I found out that Simon’s lost some big clients lately. He also told me that almost all of Kate’s money is in the foundation, and I know he signed a prenup. Did you? Kate inherited a lot of money when Lily died. According to Carter Haywood, his business partner, they need a cash infusion for their business.”

He stared at her. “I see. Do you know any more specifics about Mr. English’s financial difficulties?”

“I really don’t know any more than that. Only that Gordon Barton thinks Simon’s in big trouble. Can’t you look into his company’s financial records?”

“We can. It will take some time.”

This man was exasperating. “Why? How much time?”

“There’s a little thing called the Fourth Amendment, Ms. Barrington. We can’t just access people’s financial records without their permission or a warrant.”

“I’m well aware of that,” she said coolly. “I write about crime.”

“I know that you do. And I work at it in real life. I appreciate the information. We’ll look into it. Is there anything else?”

“The only other thing is that I think you should look further into the relationship between Simon and Sabrina Mitchell. Earlier in the evening of the night I found the pictures at Gordon’s, I saw the two of them out together at a restaurant downtown. He told Kate he had a business dinner.”

“We’re aware of that. Anything else?”

That was interesting. “Are you having Simon followed?”

He gave her an impatient look. “Again, Ms. Barrington, is there anything else?”

“One more thing.”

He raised his eyebrows and waited.