MELISSA WAITED UNTIL the doors of the lift had closed, only then did she ask the question that was on her mind. “Have you got any idea who could have tried to kill Mr Wild?”
“I wish I did,” Mitchell said, sounding as genuine as he could. “The last thing Oakhurst needs right now, after everything else that’s happened, is a vigilante, or whatever Wild’s attacker was, we’ve got enough to deal with. Unfortunately, Wild’s description is so vague it could be just about anyone; we can’t even say for sure whether it’s a man or a woman. Unless his solicitor can tell us anything extra when she wakes up, or someone confesses, I don’t see how we’re going to figure out who did this, we’ve got absolutely no evidence to help us.”
“Since we’re almost certain Mr Wild’s attacker is from Oakhurst, I think
