"Question, there isn't any possibility of David Morris's killer being a copycat is there?" Ian asked, twisting the wheel violently to avoid a collision with another car, "Roadhog." Ian muttered under his breath, Laura smiled admiring his restraint, almost as if he could feel her watching him Ian turned and flashed her a quick smile.
"No chance, the mutilation was kept out of the press." Spence replied.
"Right ok." Ian acknowledged pulling over to the side of the road and taking off his seatbelt. "Unless I'm very much mistaken we're here." Ian told them getting out of the car and heading for the house. Spence double checked the address before knocking on the door, a minute later it was answered.
"Yes, can I help you?" Sandra Matthews asked, looking at the two detectives and Ian.
"Sandra Matthews?" Spence looked for confirmation.
"Yes." Sandra Matthews replied
"DI Jordan." Spence identified himself holding up his badge, "This is DS Highland and Dr Carrier. May we come in please?"
"Yes of course." Sandra Matthews stepped back from the door to allow them to enter before showing them into her living room. "What is this about?" Sandra Matthews asked sitting down in an armchair.
"Do you know a Sergeant David Morris?" Spence inquired flipping open his notebook staring intently at Sandra Matthews.
"Dave?" Sandra Matthews looked confused, "Sure I know a Dave Morris, he's based at Fen Valley Base." Spence and Laura exchanged a glance, this was undoubtedly their mystery woman. Ian stayed out of it, leaning against the wall near the door, technically he wasn't meant to be here but that didn't mean he couldn't make evaluations.
"I'm very sorry to tell you this Mrs Matthews, but Sergeant Morris is dead." Spence told her, Ian watched intently for a reaction. Sandra Matthews eyes widened in shock and surprise.
"Dave's dead?" she looked for verification, Spence nodded sadly. "What was it a training exercise? What?" She's not our perp. Ian noted instinctively, it was a big assumption and Boyd wouldn't like that, but he was sure.
"Mrs Matthews Sergeant Morris was murdered." Laura told her as nicely as she could, it just wasn't a nice statement to tell anybody.
"Murdered!" Sandra Matthews exclaimed.
"Yes. Now can you tell us what your relationship with Sergeant Morris was?" Laura asked.
"Of course, he was my brother. Well actually my half-brother but we were very close." Sandra Matthews explained.
"Did you know he was gay?" Ian butted in staring hard at her, Spence turned round in annoyance and glared at him, Ian pretended not to notice. Sandra Matthews bit her lip.
"Yeah I knew." Sandra Matthews admitted, "I don't think anybody else did though."
"Did you know who he was seeing?" Ian continued, ignoring Spence's angry glare, he'd make it up to him later.
"Not exactly. Dave was very . . secretive about it. I got the impression that he was a superior officer, and from what Dave said married." Ian nodded smiling slightly, that fit right in with his hypothesis and the other evidence he'd gathered to support it. Laura looked at him shaking her head slightly, they'd talk about this later.
Boyd and Grace were back at the cold case offices by the time Laura, Spence and Ian got back. Spence had phoned them to tell them they'd found the woman and that they'd fill them in when they got back.
"Can I have a word?" Spence asked Boyd, he hadn't even bothered to take his coat off yet. Boyd nodded and gestured towards his office curious as to what this was about, sure in his mind that it would be something to do with Ian. Before they could get there Ian stopped them.
"Wait a minute. Spence before you go tattle on me don't you at least want to hear the reason behind my actions?" Ian asked him, before Spence could reply Boyd sighed.
"What did you do?"
"I asked a couple of questions, questions I'm sure that Spence would have asked eventually. I'm just impatient. Besides it was all for a good cause, I've solved the case."