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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

There it was again, that smile, the one that didn’t bother hiding the obvious point behind his words. What was his problem? Was it because she wasn’t going to succumb to his charm – because he certainly had that – and Carla might?

‘Mary.’

Carla was standing by the door, her face even paler than usual. ‘The woman writing the letters is called Mary.’

Bremer stood. ‘You’ve got a name?’

‘Yes.’ She threw her notebook on the desk and explained what she’d learned from Gerry as she passed the letters around the team. When they’d all finished reading, Bremer turned to Nell.

‘We know of any Mary linked to the O’Brian case?’

‘Not yet, no.’

‘Do you want me to look into it? Or focus on O’Brian?’ Carla asked.

Bremer kept his eyes on Nell. ‘Thoughts? You’ve just come back from the scene. Do you think looking into a potential link is worth it yet, or do we just focus on what we know so far?’

‘I’d like to focus on the scene first. Leave this development until we’ve got more of a hold on the case.’

Bremer nodded. He sat down and folded his arms. ‘Tell us what you’ve got.’

Nell relayed all they had learned from Terry and the CCTV: the figure they’d seen arriving at the flat just before Connor was killed, and the fact she bore no resemblance to the picture Nell had seen of Gloria.

‘Have you got the CCTV footage?’ Bremer asked.

‘Yes.’ She pulled the evidence bag out of her jacket pocket. ‘It’s not good quality, but it’s good enough.’

Bremer turned to Carla. ‘You know this Gloria, don’t you?’

‘Yes, but I haven’t seen her in a few years.’

‘But you’d recognise her if you saw her?’

‘Yes, I think I would.’

‘Right, I want you to confirm the woman on the tape isn’t her. And when you’ve done that, you and I are going to pay Gloria a visit. Find out why she’s been paying the rent on a flat she’s supposedly not using.’

Nell stared at him. He was kidding, right? What was Carla going to do in an interview?

‘I’d like Paul and me to speak to Gloria, if that’s OK?’

‘No. I want you both on Kelly-Anne. You’ve had contact with her and I like consistency. She’ll just be thrown by new faces. Besides, as you rightly pointed out earlier, Carla is a civilian, so she’d not be any good in an interview.’

His words were pointed. Well, fine, if that’s how he wanted to play it. Bloody Met cops coming to Thames Valley and thinking they know best.