Page 106 of Death on a Scottish Train

He shrugged. “That’s why we always use a tent. Our Sea Isle weather is unpredictable at best.”

“True. Any news from your forensic accountant?”

He cleared his throat. “Can we just dance and not think about work for a bit?”

“We can,” I said.

Luckily, it was a slow song so there was more swaying than actual dancing. Still, every time I glanced around, people were watching us.

That is, except for two women in the corner. Catherine, and Davina had their heads together and seemed to be discussing something intensely.

“I wonder what that was about?”

“What?” Ewan turned us so he could see what I could see.

“Those two have become so friendly with one another. Did you listen to the recording I emailed you? It was the whole reason we were there. I was curious what they were up to.”

“So much for not discussing the case.”

“Well, I just remembered. You were angry with me for investigating without you last night, and it’s weird that you didn’t say anything.”

“Mara told me,” he said. “As I was helping her into the surgical suite to wait for you to be done with Jasper. I questioned Mara, and she said Catherine had been looking for an earring she’d lost. But when they heard the noise, they thought there was an intruder, and they ran out the back door.”

“Right, an earring. You heard the recording, though.”

“Aye, I did. But I wasn’t going to play that card quite yet. I want our forensic accountant to finish her report first.”

“Evidence, right?”

“Aye. We have no way of knowing if what the two women were suggesting actually exists.”

“You need proof.”

“Exactly,” he said.

“And it would make sense if it was one of them who had tasered Jasper and Mara, but it wasn’t. There is a third person involved in all of this.”

“Why do you say that?”

“They were still in the office when I heard the thumps downstairs, which turned out to be my friends being hurt.”

“None of you should have been there,” he said. “You’re all lucky it wasn’t worse. You seem to have forgotten we are dealing with a killer, a smart one.”

“I never forget that fact,” I said. “But those two are up to something. How do they even know each other? Every time I see them together, they’re whispering, as if sharing secrets. Did you ask them how they knew one another?”

“We’ve interviewed both of them,” he said as if that answered everything.

“And?”

“They met at an event where Burns brought his mistress rather than his wife. They’ve been friends since then. I think it was a couple of months ago.”

“Do you find their scheming suspicious?”

“Aye, but it is all supposition at the moment.”

I didn’t agree. They had been snooping in the office, and they had not been looking for any kind of jewelry. And why do it at night with the lights out, since Catherine had access to the office during the day?

The song ended and we joined Mara and Jasper, who had been dancing together.