True to her word, Liz had arranged for someone to dust the safe in spite of her long night. She’d called Vince not long after dawn with a time and a brief update that she’d followed Richard Roscoe for the past few hours. She hesitated at one point, considering her words, then said to give Melanie her love.
There was something else there that she was keeping to herself which meant it concerned David or Pickering.
He’d given in to Melanie’s request to visit Carla and dropped her off after making sure Bradley wasn’t around. What Liz had said last night was true. Susie loved and trusted Carla and the woman had never shown anything but care for Melanie. Hopefully, as Melanie got older and made friends closer to her new home, she’d gradually need Carla less.
While he waited for the young offi
