Page 21 of The Truth Will Out
“I’m thinking. This car park is quite open. We know that Robert made a home visit to a patient the night of the accident. What if the killer was sitting in his vehicle, watching and waiting for him to leave work?”
“I’d say that was a given. Ah, I’m getting where this is going now.” He pointed at the small camera on the surgery wall. “Do you want me to go back inside?”
“Wait, I’m struggling to comprehend why the four members of staff haven’t mentioned the camera during the interviews.”
“It does seem odd, unless the damn thing is for show or isn’t functioning properly.”
“Maybe. Go on then, go ask the question.”
Bob grumbled and left the car.
Sam took the opportunity to call Rhys. “Hi, have you finished for the day?”
“Yes, are you and Tilly back home now?”
“Tilly is. I was called into work a few hours ago. I drove back and dropped Tilly off at Doreen’s.”
Rhys let out a long sigh. “Sam, I thought you said you needed to take time out for a few hours.”
“I did that. It’s a murder investigation. I had to come in. Anyway, that’s not why I’m calling. I wondered what your plans were for dinner this evening. Have you got any?”
“I haven’t, not really. I don’t fancy cooking, do you?”
“My thoughts exactly. Someone mentioned they had a fabulous meal at The Royal Yew at Dean. I wondered if you were up for it. It’s a dog-friendly pub, so we can take Casper and Tilly with us.”
“That sounds great. It’s a date, then, for all of us.”
“Fantastic. I’ll book a table when I get five minutes.”
“Leave it for me to do. I haven’t got anything on. In fact, I was just packing up to go home. Do you want me to take the dogs for a walk when I get back or leave it until we go out later?”
“It might be a good idea to take them just in case we can’t find a suitable walk out that way later.”
“Gotcha. What time shall I book a table for?”
“Seven-thirty? It’s been a while since we’ve been out during the week.”
“I’ll give them a call now. Looking forward to it. Love you, Sam.”
“Love you, too,” she said as Bob returned to his seat.
“Aww… thanks. I wasn’t gone that long.”
She slapped her partner’s thigh for being such an idiot. “I was talking to Rhys.”
He smiled and waved a disc at her. “I knew that. I’ve got the footage from his final day at work. Ruth apologised for not mentioning it and blamed the shock of hearing the news.”
“It’s fine. I can understand how upset they must have all been. I don’t think it was intentionally missed.”
“Me neither.”
Sam drove back to the station. The first thing they did when they arrived was to view the footage with the rest of the team. However, none of them saw anything that could be deemed as suspicious on the disc.
Sam pressed the Off switch, and the TV went blank. “That just about sums this case up so far. We keep drawing nothing but blanks. Have you guys found anything while we’ve been out and about?”
Disappointingly, the team all shook their heads. “Right, then I suggest we call it a day and start afresh in the morning.”
The team agreed and began switching off their computers, everyone except Claire. Sam walked towards her. “You’ve been exceptionally quiet since we got back. Is everything okay, Claire?”
