nikki save. Part of Cornelius Bell’s last recorded words stayed with Rio as she eased her BMW to a halt outside of Calum’s office above the butcher’s in Brixton. Was he just worried about his younger cousin because a hitman was – or still is – on her tail? But Cornelius hadn’t known about the hitman. And what did he blame himself for? Did it have something to do with the case? As much as she twisted and turned the last question in her mind, Rio couldn’t find an answer . . . Unless Cornelius had somehow been inside the house with the Greenbelt Gang and pulled the trigger ending all their lives. Revenge? No, she dismissed it instantly. No way would Cornelius have known where the gang was; plus he’d been hooked on the type of gear that didn’t keep a mind straight. Maybe that was all his suicide note was? The ramblings of a junkie’s wired brain. Rio got out of the car and walked up the stairs to Calum’s office after being buzzed in. She halted briefly outside the first door on the landing upstairs and then moved on towards the next room, Calum’s office.
