TWENTY-ONE
“While I call the fiscal’s office to tell them about Duffie’s report, can you go back to checking the phone records,” Alex says, as soon as Duffie departs.
Having waited for Alex to end his call, Donny looks up from the papers. “This shouldn’t be too difficult to follow up on. Although there’s quite a large address book, most of the calls are to a small group of numbers, and one in particular stands out for both calls and texts. The contact’s name is Alun, spelled the Welsh way with a ‘U’.”
As they realise, both Alex and Donny freeze for a second. “It couldn’t be McCourt’s Alan?” Donny says. “It would be too much of a coincidence for them to be unconnected.”
“When were the last calls?” Alex asks.
“I’ve several missed calls being received between Saturday and today, but none
