The DCI decided to go into the office for a couple of hours, despite having been given these few days off. James was going to go home and put a wash on, get some food in for dinner and have it ready for when she returned. Dani was actually beginning to recognise the benefits of this whole sharing your life with another person business. Andy and Alice were occupying the same workstation. Both had their heads down. Dani wasn’t inclined to interrupt them. She swept straight past and slipped into her office. The first sight that greeted her was the bunch of wilted pink and cream flowers on her desk. She immediately picked them up and dropped them into the litter bin, the card and bow still attached. Dani noticed a fresh file lying on the top of her in-tray. She picked it up and flicked through the contents. It was the Clyde Valley University report into the attacks on three of its female students that she’d requested from the Principal.
