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wasn’t a problem,
I know these things go in cycles. Sometimes you’re really close, sometimes you grow apart.’
‘How long ago was that?’ Jessica asked.
‘Not long after they got married, so maybe ten years ago? I went to the evening thing but you know what it’s like; there are so many people around, you don’t get time to speak
to each other. We hadn’t really been friends for a few years and I think she only invited me because we’d once been close. The last time I saw her was on her wedding night.’ She
paused for a moment and then added: ‘Is she okay?’
Jessica nodded, wanting to offer reassurance without giving much away. ‘Why did you leave the casino?’
Kayleigh shrugged. ‘I don’t know. I guess it wasn’t what I wanted to do. It was only ever about the money – and even that wasn’t so good.’
‘Did you leave at the same time?’
Kayleigh stopped looking at her, instead glancing towards the wall and then the floor. ‘More or less. We’re both around the same age and wanted to do something else.’
‘Did you have another job lined up?’
‘Not at the time. I’ve done a few things since.’
‘You’ve not worked with Eleanor since, though?’
‘El-ea-nor . . .’ Kayleigh rolled the word around her tongue as if it felt uncomfortable. ‘She was always “Ellie” when I knew her . . .’ She tailed off before
remembering what she had been asked. ‘Sorry, no, we’ve not worked together since.’
Jessica nodded and took a few final details before reaching around to reopen the door. ‘Okay, well, if you think of anything else, don’t hesitate to get in contact.’
The two officers made their way back to the car in silence. Once the doors were closed, Izzy asked what they were going to do next.
Jessica didn’t know if she should defer upwards but could guess the response would be along the lines of getting on with things as there were no officers free. ‘I’ll take you
back to Longsight. There’s not much point in going to see Eleanor – Ellie – until we know some facts. Have a good look into this casino place, let’s find out who ran it and
why it shut down, then see if you can find anything else to link these two women together, or to Oliver or his family. Check Eleanor’s maiden name and see if anything else pops up through
that. Get Dave involved if you can stop him moping for five minutes. Call me if you find anything.’
‘What are you going to do?’
‘I’m going off to be annoyed by teenage boys.’
Izzy seemed slightly confused but laughed anyway. ‘Fair enough.’ After a pause as if weighing up whether she should ask, she added: ‘Do you want to finish telling me what you
were going to say about there being another reason for you not taking Adam’s name?’
Jessica switched on the engine and kept her eyes facing the front. ‘Let’s go.’
Oliver had attended a private school in Worsley on the far west of the city. Jessica had to jump through a couple of hoops in order to be able to speak to the two main friends
his parents had told her about. First, she needed their parents’ permission, which had been granted on the condition any interview took place on school property. Because of that, she then had
to gain additional permission from the school. If either of the boys had been suspected of anything, it would have been far easier but Jessica was simply trying to get some background from
them.
As she drove onto the school’s grounds, Jessica couldn’t help but be impressed. The first thing she noticed was how much green there was. Her school had one playing field at the back
that was on a slight slope. Each winter, someone painted the markings of a football pitch while after the Easter term break, they would return to find it had become an athletics track.
Everything around her was a world away from that. She could see a pair of tennis courts on one side, a cricket pitch on the other and what she thought was a running track
I know these things go in cycles. Sometimes you’re really close, sometimes you grow apart.’
‘How long ago was that?’ Jessica asked.
‘Not long after they got married, so maybe ten years ago? I went to the evening thing but you know what it’s like; there are so many people around, you don’t get time to speak
to each other. We hadn’t really been friends for a few years and I think she only invited me because we’d once been close. The last time I saw her was on her wedding night.’ She
paused for a moment and then added: ‘Is she okay?’
Jessica nodded, wanting to offer reassurance without giving much away. ‘Why did you leave the casino?’
Kayleigh shrugged. ‘I don’t know. I guess it wasn’t what I wanted to do. It was only ever about the money – and even that wasn’t so good.’
‘Did you leave at the same time?’
Kayleigh stopped looking at her, instead glancing towards the wall and then the floor. ‘More or less. We’re both around the same age and wanted to do something else.’
‘Did you have another job lined up?’
‘Not at the time. I’ve done a few things since.’
‘You’ve not worked with Eleanor since, though?’
‘El-ea-nor . . .’ Kayleigh rolled the word around her tongue as if it felt uncomfortable. ‘She was always “Ellie” when I knew her . . .’ She tailed off before
remembering what she had been asked. ‘Sorry, no, we’ve not worked together since.’
Jessica nodded and took a few final details before reaching around to reopen the door. ‘Okay, well, if you think of anything else, don’t hesitate to get in contact.’
The two officers made their way back to the car in silence. Once the doors were closed, Izzy asked what they were going to do next.
Jessica didn’t know if she should defer upwards but could guess the response would be along the lines of getting on with things as there were no officers free. ‘I’ll take you
back to Longsight. There’s not much point in going to see Eleanor – Ellie – until we know some facts. Have a good look into this casino place, let’s find out who ran it and
why it shut down, then see if you can find anything else to link these two women together, or to Oliver or his family. Check Eleanor’s maiden name and see if anything else pops up through
that. Get Dave involved if you can stop him moping for five minutes. Call me if you find anything.’
‘What are you going to do?’
‘I’m going off to be annoyed by teenage boys.’
Izzy seemed slightly confused but laughed anyway. ‘Fair enough.’ After a pause as if weighing up whether she should ask, she added: ‘Do you want to finish telling me what you
were going to say about there being another reason for you not taking Adam’s name?’
Jessica switched on the engine and kept her eyes facing the front. ‘Let’s go.’
Oliver had attended a private school in Worsley on the far west of the city. Jessica had to jump through a couple of hoops in order to be able to speak to the two main friends
his parents had told her about. First, she needed their parents’ permission, which had been granted on the condition any interview took place on school property. Because of that, she then had
to gain additional permission from the school. If either of the boys had been suspected of anything, it would have been far easier but Jessica was simply trying to get some background from
them.
As she drove onto the school’s grounds, Jessica couldn’t help but be impressed. The first thing she noticed was how much green there was. Her school had one playing field at the back
that was on a slight slope. Each winter, someone painted the markings of a football pitch while after the Easter term break, they would return to find it had become an athletics track.
Everything around her was a world away from that. She could see a pair of tennis courts on one side, a cricket pitch on the other and what she thought was a running track
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