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some idea. Have a word with them, please, Wendy. The more we know about the street scene and who Jonathan was hanging around with the better.’
    Wendy nodded, embarrassed but pleased to be mentioned.
    ‘Sam, dig up the other three involved in Jack Wylde’s murder and we’ll pay them a visit tomorrow.’
    ‘I have their names but not much else, guv.’
    Matt wasn’t surprised Sam was way ahead of him. ‘Let’s have them, then, Sam.’
    Sam spoke while he was writing the names on the board. ‘Tom Grace, Nick Tyler and Dave Beeson.’
    ‘Thanks, Sam. I seem to remember a girl on the scene at the time too, girlfriend of Jonathan’s. Think her name was…Tilly. We’ll need to dig up her file. She was interviewed, but no charges were made. Can you cover the post mortem tomorrow, Sam? I know the mortuary is your favourite place.’
    Sam nodded, trying to act nonchalantly. Everyone was aware that Sam had to steel himself to visit the mortuary. Yet he would return all enthused, regaling any one of the team not fast enough to escape about the wonders of the human body. Matt had to get him to calm down just to get the basic facts.
    ‘We also need to check with the prison services. They’ll be able to tell us if Jonathan was a user. Can I add that to your list, please, Wendy?’
    Wendy nodded.
    ‘Grant, if you can check out the CCTV from Jonathan’s home to where he was found. I think that’s enough to be going on with. Jonathan’s mobile phone and computer are currently being analysed. Let’s get an early start in the morning.’
    Matt waited until everyone had dispersed before going over to Jane. ‘Why don’t you write up the notes from today, then head home?’
    ‘What, at three o’clock in the afternoon?’
    ‘Yes.’ Matt didn’t intend to give her any room to wriggle out of his request and walked back to his office.
    He’d just sat down and opened Jonathan’s file when she stormed through the door, banging it behind her.
    ‘Go home? What the hell do you mean by that?’
    ‘Sit down.’ Matt indicated a seat by the coffee table and got up to join her.
    ‘I don’t want or need any special treatment, Matt.’ Refusing to sit, she stood with arms folded.
    ‘Don’t worry. I’m not treating you any different than I would anyone else injured on duty.’
    Matt sank into a chair and indicated the other. Jane plonked herself down. Matt thought of going to the head’s office at school and had the urge to laugh. Yet, he recognised he would have to handle her with care to get her on side.
    ‘Look, Fluff. Sorry, Jane. We have no idea where this case is going. If it does turn out that Jonathan was murdered, and it’s beginning to look that way, then we may have someone who is out there seeking their own brand of justice. That puts a lot of others in the firing line and I don’t want their deaths on my conscience.’
    He thought of young Gracie, whose death still haunted him, even though she had died over five years ago. After locking up the wrong man, he’d allowed the murderer free to kill young Gracie. The day they found her was a day he would never forget. It was evident what she had gone through and the horror always distressed him. Ashamed of his failure, he’d offered to resign, but McRay had talked him round. At her funeral, he had made a vow that he would do his best not to let anyone down again.
    ‘We need the team up to full strength and you are a vital part of the team. I’m being selfish by taking care of you, easing you in gently. Besides, you look bloody awful. Now, get those notes down and go home, or go home and write them up, whatever you want, please. Just go home.’
    ‘What a load of old tosh, Matt. Are you sure you haven’t kissed the Blarney Stone?’
    Matt laughed, relieved to see signs of the old Jane.

Chapter 7
    The sea was dull and sluggish with waves taking their time in a long rising and falling swell. Deep in a swirl of emotions over Jon’s death, they suited Vinny’s