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Back When I Lost You
Chapters (81)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-one
  26. Twenty-two
  27. Twenty-three
  28. Twenty-four
  29. Twenty-five
  30. Twenty-six
  31. Twenty-seven
  32. Twenty-eight
  33. Twenty-nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-one
  36. Thirty-two
  37. Thirty-three
  38. Thirty-four
  39. Thirty-five
  40. Thirty-six
  41. Thirty-seven
  42. Thirty-eight
  43. Thirty-nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-one
  46. Forty-two
  47. Forty-three
  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
  53. Forty-nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-one
  56. Fifty-two
  57. Fifty-three
  58. Fifty-four
  59. Fifty-five
  60. Fifty-six
  61. Fifty-seven
  62. Fifty-eight
  63. Fifty-nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-one
  66. Sixty-two
  67. Sixty-three
  68. Sixty-four
  69. Sixty-five
  70. Sixty-six
  71. Sixty-seven
  72. Epilogue
  73. Acknowledgments
  74. Read More
  75. Prologue
  76. One
  77. Two
  78. Three
  79. Four
  80. Follow Merilyn online
  81. Dedication

‘Well, there are a few broken ribs, as far as I can tell, but I don’t think that was post-mortem. They most likely occurred before death. There are clear marks on her chest, which wouldn’t be apparent had the father done what he said after the infant was dead.’

‘So the shaking and broken ribs happened prior to death?’ Nell asked, just to make sure.

‘Yes, in my considered opinion that is correct.’

Nell looked at Paul, who ran his hand through his cropped hair and whistled.

‘And if you want my considered opinion,’ Eve said, throwing the gloves into a contamination bag, ‘it was the mother who did it.’

Nell stared at her. ‘What?’

‘The mother, Sergeant. The bruising is light, not consistent with a man that size.’ She nodded towards the closed door.

‘That’s quite an allegation there, Doc,’ and Paul’s expression told her what he thought of that.

Eve put down the bag and folded her arms.

‘Don’t be fooled by that little-girl-lost act, Constable.’ The pointed reference to his lower rank didn’t go unnoticed. ‘Girls like that,’ she continued, ‘can be just as brutal as the men who brutalise them.’

‘Girls like that?’ Paul sounded disgusted. ‘What, young, vulnerable girls with no money, family or support?’

Eve gave him an appraising look before speaking. ‘As I said earlier, I’m not here to solve the case, just to give you clues to do so yourselves. If you wish to ignore them,’ she gave a little shrug and picked up the bag, ‘then so be it.’

She turned to go but Nell put her hand on the woman’s arm. ‘Are you sure enough for us to arrest her?’

‘No. I won’t be sure until I’ve done a full post-mortem. I’m just giving you a heads-up so you can be ahead of the game.’

‘Thanks for the consideration,’ Paul snapped back. Nell threw him a warning look.

‘Well, thank you for your time, Eve,’ she said. ‘Let me have the results ASAP, OK?’

Eve nodded and when she’d left the hallway, Paul exploded.

‘What is she on? How can she tell it was the girl, not the man, who did it?’

Nell shoved her hands in her pockets and leaned back against the wall. She wanted a cigarette, badly. ‘It is her job to know these things.’

Paul snorted his disgust and pointed his thumb back towards the door. ‘What we doing with these two, then?’

Nell shrugged. ‘Leave them until Eve gives us the green light.’

‘Seriously?’