Lifting it, he saw Dee was calling. A spike of looming disaster filled his mind.“Hey, Dee what’s up?”His stomach fell through the floor when she told him.“Fuck,” he said, more to himself as he stood and glanced around, looking for somewhere private to talk to her. He knew they were about to call him into the armed robbery case to give evidence. The only place was a corner near the entrance.“That’s it? They think she did it because of the earring? That’s crazy. Hang on. You said she has no alibi between three and five yesterday. Is that what this hangs on?”“Yes,” said Dee. “Palmer reckons she would have had ample time to find this John character and kill him.”Dylan closed his eyes with mingled sense of dread and relief churning his guts. “That’s good Dee. That’s excellent. I know exactly where she was.”“What? What do you mean?”“She was with me. I’ll call Pringle and her solicitor and tell them. Don’t worry. Look, I have to go. They’re calling me.”It took forever.
