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Iris shook her head. “I keep hoping there’s been a terrible mistake.”
PC Locke gave her a sympathetic smile. “May I sit? I have a few questions I’d like to ask you.”
“Yes, of course. But I was just going to call Beth.” Iris looked at Gabriel, standing behind PC Locke. “I’ve been thinking about what she said, about coming home tomorrow. Don’t you think it might be better if she waits until the funeral? I know we don’t know when that will be, but she would only be sitting here waiting. At least in Greece she has her job to keep her busy.”
Gabriel nodded. “You’re right.”
“You mentioned yesterday that Laure was Beth’s godmother,” PC Locke said.
“Yes, she’s so upset. Could you call her, Gabriel?”
“Of course.” Iris sensed his relief at being able to leave the room.
PC Locke waited until he was gone. “I’m sorry to intrude but I’d like to ask you a few more questions about Laure.”
“Does Pierre know yet?”
“As far as I know, he wasn’t at his flat when the police called there. They’re speaking to neighbors and drawing up a list of his friends.”
Iris leaned forward. “Did you give them Claire de Vaillant’s name? She was his best friend. He could be with her.”
“Yes, we passed on all the information you gave us. They’re doing everything they can to find him.”
Iris nodded and slumped back in her chair.
“If I can just backtrack to the last time you saw Laure.” PC Locke glanced at her iPad. “It was two days ago, on Saturday afternoon. You were in the bedroom upstairs and you saw her from the window talking to Joseph, your gardener. Then you saw her leave.”
“Yes. She had told me earlier that she was going for a run.”
“Yesterday, you said that you wished you’d gone with her.”
“Yes, I felt guilty that I hadn’t. But I’d planned to have a long bath, something I don’t often get the chance to do.”
“How did she seem?”
Iris hesitated. “Fine.”
“You don’t seem very sure.”
“It’s just that I’d heard raised voices. That was why I went to the window and looked out.” Her words came out in a rush.
“Laure and Joseph were arguing?”
“I thought so. I thought they might be having a lovers’ tiff.”
“Laure and Joseph were in a relationship?”
“Yes.”
“For how long?”
“A couple of weeks. Maybe longer, I’m not really sure.”
“So when you looked out of the window, it was because you heard the sound of raised voices?”
“Yes.”
“Did you hear what was said?”
