Imogen wanted to move away from the door for now. There was more going on than a conversation about Simon Glover and Leon Quick. The lies and secrets surrounding this case just kept getting bigger and harder to understand. She wanted to regroup with Adrian and discuss what their next step needed to be. She wanted to check he was OK.

‘Glad to be of service,’ Reece smiled and closed the door.

Imogen and Adrian walked away from the house in silence. They got in the car and it wasn’t until the house disappeared from view that they actually turned to each other.

‘What the fuck was that?’ Imogen said.

‘That was her, right? That was Jane Doe.’

‘Angela Corrigan. I almost didn’t recognise her, she looks so different.’

‘She acted like nothing had happened, like she had no idea who we were. Why would she do that?’

‘So did he. Why didn’t he report his wife missing? Dr Hadley implied to me that Jane Doe … Angela Corrigan was a vulnerable person. I took that to mean an abusive situation,’ Imogen said.

‘And we’re just going to leave her there?’ Adrian said, his jaw tightening.

‘We can go back when he is at work, speak to her and see if she can shed any light on anything. If she is still in a dangerous situation then we don’t want to make it worse.’

‘She went back to him? If, indeed, he was the person who did that to her,’ Adrian said.

‘Which means he is probably the one who killed Simon Glover. I don’t like jumping to conclusions, but the conclusions are right there. She lied to us about not remembering who she was.’

‘Wouldn’t you?’ Adrian said.

‘What else did she lie about? I wonder.’

‘Do you think we did the right thing? Not letting on that we knew her? Leaving her there?’ Adrian said.

‘I think for now we need to get more information on Reece Corrigan and then we can show our hand.’

‘Let’s go back and tell the DCI that we have identified the woman. That’s a huge break,’ Adrian said.

‘Yes, and then we need to find out everything we can about Reece Corrigan and that construction company. Maybe bring that Jimmy Chilton guy in for questioning, see if we can’t get him to tell us something useful. Find any other employees who have left and see what they have to say about the place. Maybe Fiona Merton will know someone else that her brother used to work with over there who we can speak to. Maybe Simon spoke to her about Corrigan,’ Imogen said.

‘Reece Corrigan just became suspect number one.’

Chapter Twenty-Eight