It no longer made sense to consider Ashton had had any part in the drug trade. Then Kerr could not have learned this and blackmailed him over the fact. Yet if the money Ashton had drawn from the bank had not followed blackmail, for what possible reason would he have given it to Kerr? Was it coincidence that the money in Kerr’s possession had been within eight hundred euros of the five thousand Ashton had drawn? To explain, as he had, the difference between the two sums by saying the money had been spent on wine, women, a pullover and a bottle of malt whisky, was not only difficult to substantiate – not that he had yet tried to do so – but unlikely. There were still many female tourists who would welcome the company of an attractive man and not name the cost. Because of his belief in the possibility of drug smuggling, he had tended to overlook the bequests the staff were to receive. Ten thousand might not seem enough to encourage a murder, but these were constantly being committed for stupidly small amounts.
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