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the opportunity. She even had her own key. And,
if it was her, she’d have had the chance to tidy up any evidence before we got
there.” Jamie tapped the end of the pen against the board.
    “But, as we
said before, why would she want to?” Danny clicked his tongue annoyingly.
    “Motive,”
Jamie said.
    “There doesn’t
seem to be one.”
    She put a
slash through the ‘motive’ box and a tick in the ‘opportunity’ box.
    “I think you
should look at this, guys,” Carl said. He rubbed his head. “She was loaded.”
    “How
“loaded”?” Danny made quote marks with his fingers.
    “About three
months ago she gained hundreds of thousands of pounds.”
    “The parents’
death,” Jamie said. “The more we look into this the more I’m certain that has
something to do with it.”
    “Good work.
Have you looked at the phone yet?” Danny asked.
    “I left it
downloading onto Jamie’s computer. It might be done by now.” Carl stood up and
walked across the room. Their eyes followed him. “Okay guys, it’s going to take
a little while. Stop staring at me.”
    “Okay, so the
husband has a motive,” Jamie said, walking back over to the whiteboard, “but,
as far as we know, he still doesn’t have the opportunity.”
    “Maybe he was
in on it with someone else.”
    The idea had
crossed Jamie’s mind before. His behaviour towards his wife’s death was odd –
she’d never seen anyone react quite so calmly to such horrible news.
    “I told you
not to rule him out.” They could tell that Carl was smirking even though his
back was to them.
    “The
neighbours,” Jamie said. “The husband said they didn’t speak to any of them and
that they didn’t like the condition of his house.”
    “Quite
understandable, given the state of it.”
    “Yes, but is
that enough of a motive to kill someone?”
    “Probably not
and it doesn’t look as though any of them had an opportunity to do it.”
    “Ask around
the neighbourhood, see if anyone saw anything suspicious.” Carl was still waiting
for the last three percent of information from the mobile to download before he
could look through any of it. “I’m not going to have anything to report anytime
soon.”
    “Can you do a
background check on Neil, Sara and Marion if you get a spare second?” Jamie
asked.
    He nodded.
     
    Jamie and Danny split up, taking
one side of the road each. There were only five houses on each side of the
street so it wouldn’t take them long and it was the middle of the day so there
wasn’t any guarantee that there’d be anyone for them to talk to.
    Jamie rang the
doorbell before straightening out her checked shirt.
    “Yes love, how
may I help you? Are you lost?”
    Jamie frowned.
“Uh no, not lost. I don’t know if you heard about the murder a few houses
down.”
    “I think
everyone heard, dear.”
    “I’m Detective
Inspector Jamie Stanley. I’d like to ask you a few questions.”
    The lady’s
eyes widened. “You don’t look old enough to be a Detective inspector. I’m
sorry, I thought you were from the Girl Guides.”
    “Can you tell
me anything about Mrs Longacre? Did you see anything suspicious on Saturday
morning?”
    “They keep
pretty much to themselves. No one around here likes them. I mean, look at the
state of that house. I’ve complained so many times. Sorry … that’s not what
you’re here for, is it?” She looked around as if looking for someone to help
her out. “I really don’t know anything about them. They never seem to have
anyone over. I think they just keep to themselves.”
    Jamie looked
disappointed.
    “I’m sorry to
disappoint you, dear. I could give you the history on anyone else on this
street.”
    “Well, if you
think of anything–”
    “Actually,
there was one thing. On Saturday morning a young girl got out of a car and
walked over to the door. She stood there for about ten minutes, and no one
opened the door, so the car came back and picked her up.” The lady took a step
forward.