Page 155 of Murder in the Family

TAREK OSMAN

(sighs and shakes his head)

You’d have thought he might, wouldn’t you? Or that the photo might have triggered something, but sadly not. He said he had a vague memory of seeing her around but absolutely no sense there was anything going on between her and Luke.

LAILA FURNESS

Though like you said, it’s a very long time ago. If she was in her forties then she’d be over sixty now.

ALAN CANNING

And near nigh impossible to track down. It’d be yet another complete waste of bloody time. And that’s assuming therewassome sort of relationship between them, which I’mveryfar from convinced was actually the case. Not on the basis of one bloody photo.

BILL SERAFINI

I’m not so sure – I mean, I don’t know about you, Alan—

He gestures at the third photo where it’s pinned on the board.

—but I don’t behave like that with random women I meet in bars.

ALAN CANNING

(getting tetchy)

Maybe you don’t, but some men do – especially selfish bastards like this ‘Luke’ bloke clearly was.

LAILA FURNESS

(under her breath)

Wow, that escalated quickly—

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

OK guys, let’s not get too hung up on it at this stage – there’s plenty of other leads we still haven’t fully run down.

BILL SERAFINI

Fair enough. You’re in charge.

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

In fact there’s one more thing we need to share with you.

The team exchange glances: now what?

MITCHELL CLARKE

(with rather forced jocularity)

So what else have you been holding out on?

NICK VINCENT (Producer)

Not ‘holding out’, exactly, Mitch. It’s something Fabio found.

JJ NORTON

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