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referred to me as a foghorn many a time. Right, you can come with me.
We ’ re
going to the library. ”
    Cain ’ s
smile dropped. “ The library? Are we going to look
something up? ”
    “ Nope,
we ’ re
going to talk to someone who was close to Hugo. Someone who was in love with
him. ” Julia paused and looked through
the window. “ She
must be devastated by his death. ”
    “ Who? ”
    “ Come
on, I ’ ll
explain on the way. ”
    They
made their way out of the car park and headed towards the library. Cain smiled
in appreciation. “ I ’ d
forgotten how beautiful this building is. ”
    “ Speed
up, we haven ’ t got
all day. I ’ ll
tell you who we ’ re going to meet. She should be working
today. ” Julia stopped. “ Oh!
Unless she ’ s
taken compassionate leave! I never thought of that. She must be distraught
about losing Hugo. ”
    “ Who?
I feel like you ’ re talking in riddles. ”
    “ Sorry. ” Julia began walking again. “ I ’ m
talking about Hugo ’ s assistant, Dinah Wells. She works for
him on Thursdays and Fridays. She works at the library the rest of the week.
She ’ s
been working for him for about a year. He told me that he had to come in here
often to look up records for the family trees he was compiling. Dinah was the
one he asked for help. Apparently, she got so fed up with him coming into the
library and asking for help that she volunteered to look things up on his
behalf, to save him a trip to the library. Hugo loved that idea but insisted on
employing Dinah as his assistant. She spends most of her time here, but then
calls in at Hugo ’ s house too with all the facts she ’ s
collected. ”
    Cain
nodded. “ Why
does she have to visit his house? Can ’ t she email him?
Or phone him? ”
    Julia
tutted as if it was obvious. “ Because she ’ s in
love with him. She ’ s a bit younger than him and quite
attractive. She ’ s got this amazing hair that is always
so shiny, I don ’ t know how she manages to get her hair
like that. Anyway, I ’ ve only seen her a few times, but when
Hugo is in front of her, her whole face lights up. She does the whole flirting
thing, you know, batting her eyes, fiddling with her hair, taking any
opportunity to touch him on the arm or shoulder. ”
    “ Did
Hugo like her? ” Cain asked as they reached the
library doors.
    There
was another tut from Julia. “ He didn ’ t
know she was in love with him! He was too wrapped up in his work to notice
anything like that. I dropped a few hints, but … well, he ’ s a
man. ” Julia paused in mid-step. In a
lower voice she added, “ Was a man. I
must stop talking about him as if he is still alive. ”
    They
walked through the doors. Julia said, “ She works on the
first floor. I don ’ t know if we ’ ll
find her but we can try. She might be able to tell us about Hugo ’ s
clients, maybe even the cases he was working on. Then we can … argh! ”
    Julia
grabbed Cain and pulled him behind a display unit.
    Cain
instinctively ducked down. He hissed, “ What is it? Are
we being followed again? ”
    Julia
whispered, “ No,
it ’ s
Dinah, she ’ s
walking down the corridor towards us. ”
    Cain
frowned. “ Why
are we hiding? I thought you wanted to see her. ”
    “ She ’ s
with someone. I ’ ve seen that man before, he ’ s
some sort of book agent. Shh! They ’ re getting
closer. ”
    Cain
peeped over the top of the display cabinet. He whispered, “ She
doesn ’ t
look devastated, she ’ s smiling. ”
    “ She
could be putting on a brave face. Quiet! I want to hear what they ’ re
saying. ”
    Julia
held her breath as the couple walked past the display case.
    Dinah
said in a cheerful voice, “ Of course I ’ d be
interested. Let ’ s go downstairs into the cafe and
discuss it further. ”
    Julia
let her breath out as the couple walked away. Cain stepped out from behind the
display case and watched Dinah Wells and her companion head towards the stairs
that led downstairs. He said,