‘He was mistaken,’ Lucas declared in a dangerously quiet tone.
‘No, he was lying. He must have been too afraid of the crime boss to admit he’d given a false assessment. Mr Rosa had it all set up. When the gem went missing I assumed he’d arranged a fake robbery for a fake diamond so he could claim the insurance money. Framed poor Geoff Doolan to take the fall for it. Ruby must have realised that. After Geoff died, they say she tried to break into Mr Rosa’s office to try to prove he still had the gem, and jumped from the building when she couldn’t.’
‘They killed her,’ Annie choked out. ‘You know that.’
Lucas placed a soothing hand on her shoulder.
‘I thought that would be the end of it,’ Mr Durante asserted, like he was begging to be believed. ‘Only, Mr Rosa kept on asking questions. Rub
