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The moment he saw Alec Galton, standing behind Tracey James in the passage, Nathan was glad he had insisted on having a couple of constables there as backup, even if he had kept them out of sight to try and avoid spooking his suspect. Galton was easily six foot two and built like someone who knew their way around a set of weights.
“Yes?” Tracey looked the pair on her doorstep up and down.
“Tracey James? I’m Detective Inspector Stone, and this Detective Constable Georgius; we’d like to speak to you and your boyfriend about Patrick Powers.” The moment Nathan said that he knew he and Georgie were at the right place.
Instead of the simple curiosity that should have been on Tracey’s face upon hearing why they were there, her eyes went wide with fright and alarm, and neither detective mis
