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Authors: Ethan Spier
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
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just didn't seem like the type."
"I know, I know. It's just... it's difficult to get over the fact that we were living next to somebody for so long who was capable of that. I know he did it, the police found his blood under Hannah's nails for Christ sake. I just still can't believe it.
Lewis looked at her as she stared down into her drink. She brushed some of her blonde hair away from her face and Lewis thought he could see her eyes beginning to fill. Kelly had never seemed like the type of person to voice that kind of concern without good cause. But at the same time she didn't seem to have anything specific to say as to why it couldn't have been the man the police suspected.
"How did the police first come to suspect him?" Lewis asked, cutting through the silence.
"It was ridiculous really. They questioned our neighbours and when Craig came to the door, he had a huge cut on his neck which had obviously been made by finger nails. It was a joke how quickly they arrested him. They tested his DNA and it matched the blood under Hannah's nails. I suppose when I think about that, it seems stupid to question that it could be anyone but him really."
"What was Hannah's boyfriend like?" Lewis asked, his mind unable to release the thought of the e-mail.
"I have no idea, I never met him. She would always go over to his place or meet him for dinner and drinks. She was besotted with him at first though, I can tell you that much." She looked at Lewis, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Jealous?" she asked with an attempt at a smile.
Lewis leaned back in surprise. "No, of course not... what do you mean?"
"Come on Lewis, I know how you felt about Hannah. I'd have had to be blind not to see how you looked at her."
"I... don't know what you mean, we were friends."
"Okay," Kelly said, releasing the smile. "Hannah seemed to be a little secretive about him to be honest. I don't know what it was; she would talk about him all the time, especially at the beginning, but there would never be anything specific. It would just be comments about how nice he was to her. A few days before she died, she seemed to stop mentioning his name altogether... actually she seemed really depressed and quiet those last couple of days. I thought that perhaps it was work, I know she had a lot on and felt it was getting on top of her."
"What was her boyfriend's name?"
"Joe, I don't know his surname." Kelly eyed Lewis suspiciously again. "Why do you keep asking about him?"
Lewis took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "It's just... I don't know maybe I'm the one being silly now, but Hannah sent me an e-mail a couple of days before she was killed. I re-read it yesterday and it seemed a little strange."
"How so?" Kelly asked, leaning closer.
"She mentioned her boyfriend and said that she had found something horrible on his laptop. She said she was in a bit of a dilemma and didn't know what to do."
Kelly frowned as she thought for a few seconds, twisting her now empty glass between her fingers.
"Two days before she was killed?" she asked and Lewis nodded slowly. "She said something to me about that I think. I was only half listening. I was getting ready to go out and she came into my room and started asking me all these strange questions."
"What questions?" Lewis asked, this time it was his turn to lean closer.
"I can't really remember, like I said, I was only half listening. But it was something a little convoluted, something like, 'what would I do if I found out something bad about someone I loved?' I can't even remember what my reply was; I just sort of brushed off the question. She seemed really odd, now I think about it. I thought she was just bored and came in to see me to pass some time before I went out. I wish I'd listened properly now; from what you've just said about the e-mail, it sounds like she needed to talk to someone."
"I wish we knew who this Joe was." Lewis said. "I just can't stop thinking about that e-mail - I wish I could."
Kelly reached
"I know, I know. It's just... it's difficult to get over the fact that we were living next to somebody for so long who was capable of that. I know he did it, the police found his blood under Hannah's nails for Christ sake. I just still can't believe it.
Lewis looked at her as she stared down into her drink. She brushed some of her blonde hair away from her face and Lewis thought he could see her eyes beginning to fill. Kelly had never seemed like the type of person to voice that kind of concern without good cause. But at the same time she didn't seem to have anything specific to say as to why it couldn't have been the man the police suspected.
"How did the police first come to suspect him?" Lewis asked, cutting through the silence.
"It was ridiculous really. They questioned our neighbours and when Craig came to the door, he had a huge cut on his neck which had obviously been made by finger nails. It was a joke how quickly they arrested him. They tested his DNA and it matched the blood under Hannah's nails. I suppose when I think about that, it seems stupid to question that it could be anyone but him really."
"What was Hannah's boyfriend like?" Lewis asked, his mind unable to release the thought of the e-mail.
"I have no idea, I never met him. She would always go over to his place or meet him for dinner and drinks. She was besotted with him at first though, I can tell you that much." She looked at Lewis, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Jealous?" she asked with an attempt at a smile.
Lewis leaned back in surprise. "No, of course not... what do you mean?"
"Come on Lewis, I know how you felt about Hannah. I'd have had to be blind not to see how you looked at her."
"I... don't know what you mean, we were friends."
"Okay," Kelly said, releasing the smile. "Hannah seemed to be a little secretive about him to be honest. I don't know what it was; she would talk about him all the time, especially at the beginning, but there would never be anything specific. It would just be comments about how nice he was to her. A few days before she died, she seemed to stop mentioning his name altogether... actually she seemed really depressed and quiet those last couple of days. I thought that perhaps it was work, I know she had a lot on and felt it was getting on top of her."
"What was her boyfriend's name?"
"Joe, I don't know his surname." Kelly eyed Lewis suspiciously again. "Why do you keep asking about him?"
Lewis took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "It's just... I don't know maybe I'm the one being silly now, but Hannah sent me an e-mail a couple of days before she was killed. I re-read it yesterday and it seemed a little strange."
"How so?" Kelly asked, leaning closer.
"She mentioned her boyfriend and said that she had found something horrible on his laptop. She said she was in a bit of a dilemma and didn't know what to do."
Kelly frowned as she thought for a few seconds, twisting her now empty glass between her fingers.
"Two days before she was killed?" she asked and Lewis nodded slowly. "She said something to me about that I think. I was only half listening. I was getting ready to go out and she came into my room and started asking me all these strange questions."
"What questions?" Lewis asked, this time it was his turn to lean closer.
"I can't really remember, like I said, I was only half listening. But it was something a little convoluted, something like, 'what would I do if I found out something bad about someone I loved?' I can't even remember what my reply was; I just sort of brushed off the question. She seemed really odd, now I think about it. I thought she was just bored and came in to see me to pass some time before I went out. I wish I'd listened properly now; from what you've just said about the e-mail, it sounds like she needed to talk to someone."
"I wish we knew who this Joe was." Lewis said. "I just can't stop thinking about that e-mail - I wish I could."
Kelly reached
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