Monday, 25/08
10:30
Roman’s mind yelled at him to ask all the damn questions now. ‘That bastard rose killer’? What the hell did the old lady know about it?
Keeping his questions at bay for now, he simply got out his keys and unlocked her cuffs.
Naila rushed forward, her handbag dropping to the floor while her mother cheerfully boasted of her achievements.
“What is going on here?!” the younger woman asked as she pulled her mother into her arms, looking from Valerie to Roman and back. “Who are you people?! And… and the guys who just left?”
Roman flipped open his badge. “Mrs. Swan. Detective Parker. We spoke on the phone.”
He’d expected to see the fear drained out of her eyes, instead, it heightened as she stilled, arms stiff around her mother who was giving him the stink eye.
“D-D
