Chapter Thirty-One“So, explain it all to me again, Sergeant.” Mackay tapped his fingers on the desk. “Leave out the details and give me the gist.”
“Yes, sir,” Watters said. “It seemed like a complex case, but it was quite simple. The women were at the back of it; they were the driving force.”
Mackay grunted. “Is that unusual?”
“No, sir. It seems that William Jordan and James Menzies had been rivals for years, and Menzies always got the better of him, at school and in business.”
Mackay nodded. “I see.”
“So, when Jordan married Amelia, she did not wish to play second fiddle to Menzies. She devised the whole plan. Amelia Jordan wanted her husband to be the next provost, and in that position, he could raise the rates, while Gladstone, Amelia's brother, could cancel Menzies loan. Between t
