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Fortunately for Wendy, Xavier Moreno had had the good sense to phone her on her private mobile. She knew she’d taken a different kind of risk in giving him that number, but she supposed it wouldn’t do her any harm to string him along for a bit. After all, he could prove to be very useful.
She tried not to sound too desperate as she answered the phone, keeping her excitement in check. She knew that whatever Xavier told her would steer the investigation off in one sharp direction or another.
She hoped her suspicions weren’t correct. Not only would that potentially mean that everything she’d believed about Jack Culverhouse had been wrong, but from a purely selfish point of view it would be impossible to ever look Malcolm Pope in the eye again. Not only would Culverhouse be ruined, but P
