Page 113 of Forever Dead

Connor followed her attention. “Both locations. His family owned them, and he fought over the boundaries years later.”

“He admitted telling people the land had been taken from his family.”

“Have we checked his alibis?” Selena asked.

“He says he was at the trucking yard the night Patricia died,” Connor said. “We still need to confirm that.”

“What about the night Eleanor was murdered?”

“We haven't established where he was.”

“Then we need staff accounts, dispatch records and any camera footage that covers both nights.”

Connor made a note.

“The Tully place had no guests booked,” Selena said. “How would Ray have known it was empty?”

“Harold told me the booking calendar's public. Anyone could have checked.”

“Then we need to know who had access to the house and how Patricia was persuaded to go there.”

Connor looked toward Patricia's photograph. “Those are the next questions.”

Selena studied Ray's photograph.

“He seemed genuinely surprised when we told him about Patricia.”

“Seemed,” Connor said.

“Exactly. I don't know whether he was frightened by the murders or by what we might find if we kept asking questions.”

Connor glanced toward the old property records.

“He knows those places better than most people.”

“And he could have told other people about them.”

“Which doesn't clear him.”

“No.”

Selena paused.

“He wasn't talking about land when he brought up Morimer.”

Connor stopped turning the marker between his palms.

“I heard him.”

“Whatever Ray knows about your dealings with Morimer, it might explain why he reacted the way he did.”

“Or he knew mentioning Morimer would get under my skin.”

“Maybe.”

Connor turned back toward the board.

Selena let the subject rest. He had nearly told her something on the drive to Ray's house. She would give him the chance to finish that conversation himself.