Part 1: Anderson Holdings
"Obviously
you don't quite get the similarity between weekends and work ends,
sir." Duncan Freeman muttered, his voice suggesting he was tired
despite being impeccably dressed.
"It's not me, it's the
crims." Stanley Wolfe replied, emotionless.
"So, what've we
got?" Matt Ryan bounded into the room cheerily, followed by Simon
Joyner who was simply raising his eyebrows in an attempt to smother
laughter.
"Two girls." Wolfey replied, sticking two pictures
up on the whiteboards behind him. He wrote the names above them as
she spoke. "Sarah Anderson, 26." He said as he wrote above the
brunette. He then turned on the redhead. "Joy Robinson, 28."
Jen
Mapplethorpe, who'd been sitting quietly at the table until now,
frowned. "A double?"
Wolfey shook his head. "No connection
as far as we can tell. They were both found in the storm water canal
connecting Barley Park to Hopesgrove Reserve. They were 5 kilometres
apart."
"So, who found them?" Jen continued.
"Mitchell
Henderson. He was out walking his dog."
Simon frowned. "He
found both? Don't you usually have a freak out after finding a body
and go the police. You don't hang about going 'I wonder if
there's another one?'"
Wolfey shrugged. "Well, you can ask
him yourself. He and his dog are waiting for you in Interview Room
3."
Duncan chuckled. "He brought his dog?"
"Maybe you
can connect with it Dunny, see what it thought of the situation."
Matt cracked. Duncan just shot him a humorous glare.
"Matt,
Duncan, you go talk to Mister Henderson. Jen and Simon, I have
something else for you two."
"Will it explain why this
couldn't wait till Monday?" Simon asked, exchanging a look with
Duncan.
Wolfey nodded. "It will, if you haven't figured it out
yet." He pointed at the picture of the Anderson girl. "This one
is the daughter of Peter Anderson, chairman of Anderson Holdings."
He then turned on Joy Robinson. "And Miss Robinson works for the
Premier's office."
Jen's eyes went wide. "So two
influential young women then?"
"By association, yes. Their
cases have been marked very important and that's why you're here
on a Sunday. Now, any more questions or are we going to solve this
and go home?"
"Anything that ends with me going home sounds
good." Duncan said, standing up. He and Matt left for the interview
room.
Simon glanced at Wolfey. "So, what do we have?" He
paused. "Please don't say death knock."
Wolfey gave what
could almost be a smile. "Okay, I won't then." And he left the
office.
Simon groaned. "Great, we get to tell the rich guy his
daughter's dead."
Jen rolled her eyes. "Come on Simon."
And with a shake off her head she left. Reluctantly Simon followed.
