Clodagh felt like punching the air. They wanted to know about Robbie, not anything else. Her jaw ached from the tension of grinding her teeth together while the two detectives had asked their questions. She could feel her anxiety rising as each moment passed. Her mind repeatedly going back to that moment, five years ago at the hotel, when she’d walked into the lobby and seen Nick, Gary and their friends. The shock and the outrage as she’d slowly realised their being at the hotel was more than just a coincidence.

‘I don’t think I can tell you anything you don’t already know,’ she said, answering the detective’s question. ‘Robbie helped set up the foundation with Adam. He was the treasurer, responsible for the finances. As the foundation got bigger, Robbie’s role got bigger. Then three months ago, completely out of the blue, he stepped down from his role and dropped all contact with the rest of us. Adam’s tried to contact him, but he hasn’t returned any of his calls or emails. The only family he has is a mother who lives in Spain. She doesn’t know where Robbie is, either. Although when Adam spoke to her, she didn’t seem too worried about the fact that her only child has disappeared. We’ve reported him missing to the police there, but they don’t seem to be taking it very seriously.’

‘Was there some sort of disagreement between himself and Adam?’ Ade asked.

‘I don’t think so. Adam would have talked to me about it.’

But as Clodagh said this, she remembered the whispered conversations between Adam and Jake in the weeks following Robbie’s abrupt departure. She’d asked Adam about it at the time, and he’d brushed off her questions, telling her the talks with Jake were about work. Nothing to do with Robbie.

‘Why are you asking about Robbie?’ she said. ‘You can’t think he had something to do with what happened to Nick?’

‘One survivor missing, another killed,’ Rachel said. ‘You don’t think there’s anything strange about that?’

Yes, Clodagh thought. There was definitely something strange about it.

‘Have you tried Robbie’s mother?’ she asked. ‘If anyone knows where he is, it’ll be her. She wasn’t very forthcoming with Adam, but she might be more willing to talk to the police.’

‘We spoke to her yesterday,’ Rachel said. ‘She claims she hasn’t heard from her son in months. Not since he left the foundation.’

Did they think Robbie was dead as well, Clodagh wondered. Or, worse, that Clodagh might have killed him?

‘I don’t know what else to say.’ Clodagh looked to the duty solicitor for guidance.

‘You don’t have to say anything else.’ The solicitor looked at Rachel and Ade. ‘I think we’re done, aren’t we?’

‘Unless there’s anything else Clodagh wants to tell us?’ Rachel said.