Thirty-Five
"Interview commenced at sixteen thirty-two hours. Present are Constable Alisdair McEwan, Mr Tom Guthrie, contracted special investigator for Police Scotland," Guthrie's pulse unexpectedly quickened as Alisdair verbalised the official description of his position, "Mr Douglas Mitchell, and Mr David Taft, representing Mr Mitchell." Alisdair looked over at Guthrie who sat facing Mitchell, leaving Alisdair to contend with the stare from Taft.
All four sat around a well-worn, wooden table, one end up against the wall. Windows above overlooked the station's rear car park. Various scores and scratches in the dark wood, indicating decades of use, made the table seem out of place in an otherwise spartan and utilitarian room. The digital recorder occupied the end of the table between Al
