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Jack could’ve sworn he saw Connor French’s jaw tense as he gave him the news they were going to extend his custody clock. He always liked to watch people squirm when they knew they were done for, and he found it an interesting study into Connor’s mind. Was this him realising they’d found something that could prove his guilt? He certainly didn’t look like a man who felt victimised or hard done by, that was for sure.
Jack had spent long enough in the job to know what would’ve been said between Connor and his solicitor. He knew the brief would’ve let Connor know about the custody clock, explained that if he was being bailed after twenty-four hours then things were going well, but if an extension was sought it tended to mean they were fairly confident of a breakthrough in the next few hou
