“WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY you followed Lucy Goulding down the road after she left?” Mitchell asked the moment Zack opened the door to let him back in.
Zack looked surprised by the question and didn’t answer until he had closed the door behind the sergeant. “Because I didn’t.”
“Mrs Hawkins says differently; she says she saw you drive down the road just a minute after Lucy left your house. She’s very definite about it. Now, why don’t you tell me why you were following Lucy, and where she is,” Mitchell said as he trailed his suspect into the living room.
“I don’t have a clue,” Zack said. “Where Lucy is that is, because I didn’t leave the house.”
“Are you saying that Mrs Hawkins is lying? Because she is known to be a very honest and trustworthy person.”
“I’m sure she is, but on this occasion, s
