Liz and Terry waited back a bit but Pete went with the CIRT team to the house. He’d done enough work with them in the past to know when to get out of the way and thanks to the size of the place, covering all the bases mattered. Other police officers formed a boundary of sorts, like Liz, twenty or so metres from the main building.
All the hours of waiting came to a quick end as the unit moved in. Within a few minutes it was clear for Liz to go inside, and Terry ran around to the back of the house to help with searching the small buildings.
Pete was flicking on internal lights as she went in, muttering expletives to himself.
‘Nothing?’ Her heart sank. She’d been sure they were on the right path.
‘One terrified housekeeper. Reckons she had a nap after Roscoe left and just woke up.’
‘And
