‘There really wasn’t enough to bring him in on. She told me she was fine and so I left.’

‘Why did you switch off the camera?’

‘Because the call was over. I was leaving. What are you implying?’

‘I’m implying that you’re bent.’

‘Me? That’s a joke coming from you.’ Jarvis laughed. ‘How many rules have you broken? How about all the accusations that have been made against you for harassment or assault? And you think no one knows you’re banging DS Grey here? We all see you for what you are. You’re going off the deep end, mate.’

Before Imogen had a chance to react, Jarvis was on the ground. He touched his lip to check for blood. Imogen grabbed Adrian’s arm; it was rigid with anger. She yanked him back and pulled him towards the door.

‘For fuck’s sake, Adrian.’

‘I suppose I was wrong?’ Adrian snapped.

‘The man is a dick – doesn’t mean you have to be one, too,’ Imogen said.

‘Is everyone insane? Am I in Upside-down Land, or something? Jarvis was sent to a domestic abuse call and he barely even questioned the accused. Does he not understand how these things work?’

‘We are supposed to use our judgement on call-outs, his was wrong. Are you telling me you’ve never been wrong before?’

‘Great. Did you hear what he said to me? And I’m the bad guy?’

‘I didn’t say that. You need to keep your head. I don’t want to work this case alone and if you carry on this way then I will be,’ Imogen hissed at him angrily.

Adrian shook his arm free and walked out of the canteen. Imogen went over to Jarvis, who was pretending to laugh it off in front of all the others in the canteen.

‘What the fuck was that?’ She got up close and spat the words at him.

‘Miles came after me!’ Jarvis said.

‘Because you turned your video off. What was it you didn’t want anyone to see? Did Corrigan pay you off?’

‘Actually, no. I turned the video off because I wanted to have a candid word with the husband. I told him in no uncertain terms to leave his wife alone. She wouldn’t report it, so what could I do? I had to walk away.’

‘How did he take that?’ Imogen said, not quite sure she believed this spontaneous chivalry on Jarvis’s part; it certainly didn’t line up with what she knew of him. She also wondered why he had left this out of his report.

‘He told me he would fuck me up if he saw me again. He was very convincing,’ Jarvis said, with a little more conviction than his last statement.

‘Why didn’t you just tell us that?’ Imogen said, frustrated.

‘Well, at least I figured out why you keep knocking me back.’