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Summer sat on her Bronwyn's bed, she didn't want to stay in her and Liz's room anymore. The detective was gentle with her, gruff but gentle somehow. She stared at a spot behind him on the wall and answered his questions mechanically.

"Did you hear Elizabeth leave?"

"Yes"

"What time was this?"

"1.30am, it's always 1.30am"

"Always? She did this often?" Summer nodded.

"Yes, she goes to…went to her boyfriend's dorm" The detective looked at his notes.

"Tristan uh…DuGrey?"

"Yes"

"Every night?"

"No"

"How often?"

"Three nights a week mostly"

"And she never came home that night?"

"No"

"And you didn't worry?" A tear trickled down Summer's cheek and Bronwyn touched her shoulder.

"No" She choked out, grasping Bronwyn's hand.

"Why not?"

"Because…she'd done it before"

"Stayed all night in Mr. DuGrey's room?"

"Yes, she'd sneak back during breakfast and I'd see her in class"

"Were they having sex?"

"I suppose so"

"You didn't talk about it?"

"Liz didn't talk about that"

"And she wasn't at breakfast?"

"No"

"And you didn't worry because you assumed she was back here getting changed" Summer nodded.

"I need you to answer the question Miss Roberts" He reminded her gently.

"Yes"

"What happen then?"

"We didn't have regular classes" Bronwyn said, "It was a day off so we had the morning off and study hall in the afternoon"

"We couldn't find her when we came back here" Summer said. "So we went shopping without her"

"You weren't worried?"

"We though she was with Tristan" Summer said, a sob catching in her throat.

"When did you realise she was missing?"

"Just before dinner, when we all met up to go in. She wasn't with Tristan" Bronwyn put in. "He'd thought she was with us all day. He told us she'd left his dorm room that night" Summer started sobbing again now, she'd thought she was out of tears but she was wrong.

"I'm sorry" She whispered.

"Miss Roberts, don't blame yourself. In these…situations people tend to blame themselves wrongly" Summer looked up at him.

"These situations?" She asked quietly and the detective looked down at his notepad.

"I think we'll leave it there for now," He said. "Thank you for your cooperation"

Detective Corry and his partner Detective Spencer stepped out into the hall way.

"Fuck I want o find this guy" Spencer was saying. He'd been silent through the interview.

"You and me both, I think we'd better go talk to this boyfriend" Spencer nodded.

"Why didn't you come forward straight away?"

"I did" Tristan replied.

"I mean when you knew she was missing"

"I did. I found out just before dinner" His eyes were red-rimmed and sat coiled tight on the sofa in the room he shared with Matt who was in the common room with the other guys.

"Right. So what time did Elizabeth arrive here?" Corry looked around the dorm room.

"2.30am"

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes"

"How can you be?"

"Because I always look at my watch when she arrives and tell her she's late," His voice cracked and he sniffed quickly. "…except this time she actually was"

"Miss Roberts says Liz left her dorm at 1.30am"

"Summer's wrong"

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes…no…I don't know, but it was definitely 2.30am when she arrived"

"Right. What time did she leave?"

"Around 4.30am"

"Around?"

"I didn't check my watch. I remember looking at the clock at one point and seeing it was 4am"

"Did you and Miss Belmont have sex?" Tristan's head snapped up and he answered through gritted teeth.

"Yes"

"Was it consensual?"

"Of course"

"Yes or no Mr DuGrey"

"Yes" He answered, his jaw clenched.

"Did you use a condom?" Tristan felt like somebody had climbed inside his chest and he was about to burst. He clenched and unclenched his jaw.

"No" He couldn't get the image of her climbing out his window out of his mind. She'd turned and thrown him a dazzling smile.

"Why not?"

"Because she's on the pill and we've been together exclusively for a year now"

"You mean she was on the pill" Tristan felt his breath leave him like someone had punched him in he guts and then the tears came. He hung his head in his hands as the door burst open.

"I am Janlen DuGrey, Tristan's grandfather, what the hell is going on here?" The detective stood to his feet and offered his hand to Janlen.

"Detective Jansen Corry Justice DuGrey, we're just asking Tristan a few questions about Elizabeth Belmont"

"Can't you see he's distraught?"

"We understand that this is a difficult time for your grandson but we need to get the facts freshly"

"This interview ends here unless you're taking him to the police station" Tristan was barely aware of what was going on. Detective Corry nodded.

"We will ask your grandson to supply a DNA sample"

"Then I will ask that my grandson's lawyer be present"

Rory was staring out the window with Louise's head in her lap when Tristan was led by two detectives and an older man to a squad car.

AN: Hey guys the next post will be up ASAP R&R

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