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Kim opened her mouth to say that it didn’t appear to have been just one single incident and then bit back her words. It wasn’t her story to tell.
‘Did you share the information with anyone else?’ she asked.
He looked up and to the left before shaking his head, and immediately Kim knew he was lying.
‘Are you sure about that, Mr Fox? It’s important that we know.’
‘Why?’ he asked, frowning.
Jackie turned her way and waited too.
‘I can’t say right now. So, could you have mentioned it to anyone?’
‘Well, maybe Curtis, in passing, perhaps.’
‘Curtis as in Teresa’s ex-boyfriend?’
‘Yes. We’re still friends. I see him a few times a month.’
Maybe a little strange but not unheard of.
‘He’s a nice lad,’ Rufus offered. ‘Both Jackie and I took the breakup quite badly. He’s a good boy. He didn’t have it easy growing up, but he’s made something of himself. He became the son we never had.’
Jesus, even without the violence, Eric hadn’t stood a chance.
‘And where might we find Curtis?’ she asked.
Rufus checked his watch. ‘He’ll still be at the hospital. He’s on lates this week and doesn’t finish until nine.’
‘Hospital?’
‘The one around the corner. He’s a nurse,’ Rufus said proudly.
Kim thanked him for his time and collected Bryant on the way out.
Somehow, she couldn’t picture Rufus on the other end of the Sentinel social-media account unless that was some kind of ruse.
More troubling to her was that both of the men who appeared to love Teresa very much had access to a wide variety of drugs.
THIRTEEN
It was after seven when Bryant pulled into the hospital car park, and it was almost empty.
She’d updated her colleague on Rufus’s admissions during the short car journey.
Bryant had admitted that he’d been giving serious thought to the situation and that he’d come to the realisation that if it were Laura and Josh, there was no way he’d have been able to leave it alone, even at the risk of losing contact with his daughter.
His words and the passion behind them had caused Kim to wonder if she was writing off Rufus’s involvement too soon. She’d already stood Penn down for the night, but she’d have him delve deeper into the man’s background tomorrow.
‘So, according to Rufus Fox, our boy Curtis is the prodigal son who can do no wrong, eh?’ Bryant asked as they approached the hospital entrance.
‘Oh yeah, definitely the preferred son-in-law.’
The woman behind the desk offered them a welcoming smile that had obviously been aged by a long day.
‘Are you visiting?’ she asked, ready to give them instructions on where to find the overnight patients.
They both held up their IDs.
