He remembered the list he had printed off and put in his drawer. He would start to investigate each name on it. He knew Leon’s attack must have happened just before he’d moved home. It occurred to him that while Quick’s attack was taking place, Adrian was just doing his normal Adrian things, oblivious to what was happening, oblivious to who Leon Quick was.

It seemed strange to think about that attack now, that if they had known, that if Leon had reported it then they would have investigated it. Maybe they would have found who did it. Maybe that person would have been in prison. Was it the same person who attacked Adrian? He almost hoped so, because the thought of someone else committing sexual assault at Reece Corrigan’s bidding was too much to bear.

Adrian thought about all the people who were going about their business while he was being raped. A sense of guilt washed over him. He should report it. He should stop this animal from being able to do it again.

Imogen’s hand on his arm pulled him from his thoughts again as Mrs Quick shut the door. He hadn’t even realised he had zoned out again. Still fragile and undone from the attack, he knew his plans would have to wait until he could function vaguely normally again. He could beat this.

Chapter Seventy

Since they had left the Quick interview, Imogen had noticed a change in Adrian’s behaviour yet again. She was having trouble keeping up with his moods lately and it was doing her head in somewhat.

‘That was a waste of time,’ she said, slumping into her chair.

‘We are just clutching at straws now,’ Adrian said.

‘What’s left but clutching at straws? Angela Corrigan is too resigned to her fate to put up a fight. She absolutely won’t tell us anything. She put her life in danger by even mentioning Clive Osborne to us and we have found nothing.’

‘Self-preservation wins out in the end. She has no faith that we can deal with her husband and so she is making sure she is safe. If Corrigan did kill both Glover and Osborne for trying to get her away from him, then it’s hardly surprising that she doesn’t want to drag anyone else into it,’ Adrian said, thinking of the price he had paid for trying to help Angela.

‘She seems to be the catalyst for everything he does,’ Imogen said. ‘She’s the key to all of this. We either need to get her to talk, or we need to get her away from him. His fear of losing her seems to be the thing driving him to all these vile acts.’

‘Easier said than done,’ Adrian said.