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Tom, but he insisted I didn’t report it to the head nor his parents, come to that.”
Harvey Cannon looked at the detectives briefly then scratched his chin. “I’m only telling you this as I believe Mr Gould to be a bully and I felt you should be aware of the matter. What you do with the info is up to you. Just leave my name out of it.”
“Indeed,” Lennox finally said, tipping back in his chair so he was looking down his nose at the teacher.
An awkward hush enveloped the group until Wednesday thanked him for taking the time to come and see them. He nodded in her direction, pointedly avoiding eye contact with Lennox before walking out into the bustling corridor.
“Well Hunter’s going to be ecstatic. This was a bloody waste of time. All we got was some in-house gossip from some flaky teacher.” He shoved a pencil in between his lips.
“We can’t disregard any info given to us at this stage. I mean, if this Gould is a bully, who knows what he could do if he lost control? We’ll talk to him.”
“How come this Gould’s temper is worse than that of Des Wright?”
Wednesday tapped her foot rapidly on the floor. “I haven’t ruled him out for Darren’s disappearance, but I can’t see his motive to murder Tom.”
“Let’s suppose Darren caught Des suffocating Tom during a moment of rage. Darren was then either killed at the same time and his body hidden, or Darren did a runner through sheer terror.” Lennox lolled backwards and rested his head in his hands.
“I can’t think in this room that stinks of vomit and antiseptic,” she replied, shoving her notebook in her bag. “Let’s go and find Mr Gould.”
They found him in the staff room drinking from a bottle of water and reading a newspaper.
“Mr Gould, DI Wednesday and DS Lennox. We’d like a word about Tom Dolby.”
He looked at them briefly before returning to the paper, saying he had no information for them.
“We were rather interested in your attitude towards Tom during your PE sessions.”
“Who’s complained?”
“Were you not always professional?”
“I used him to show the other lads what they’d be like without sport and exercise in their life. He was the kind of boy to run away from the rugby ball, not towards it. I didn’t beat him or even touch him. Every student will vouch for that.”
“We’d still like your personal details to keep on record whilst this investigation is ongoing.”
He begrudgingly relinquished his details before flexing his biceps and getting up.
“Just because I used him as an example, doesn’t mean I killed him.”
Lennox nodded, feeling the pressure of getting nowhere fast crushing his torso.
“There must be something or someone we’ve overlooked,” he said as they stepped outside into the crisp autumnal day. He turned his collar up and headed towards Wednesday’s car.
She drove them back to the station to the melodic strains of JS Bach. Lennox was right, she mused, we are missing something.

Chapter Six
 
Pulling into the station car park, they saw Arlow and Damlish escorting a bloody-nosed Des Wright inside.
“Now what’s happened?” she asked Lennox who was already half way out of the car before she had pulled on the hand brake.
She hurried behind him, almost receiving the main door in her face.
“Manners,” she snarled, even though she knew he could not hear her.
Des Wright’s raised voice was heard emitting from the interview room; every expletive ripped through the flimsy walls.
“What’s going on?” Lennox asked a passing officer in the Incident Room.
“He assaulted a journalist outside his house, so the DCI wanted him dragged in here.”
Lennox raised his eyebrows before moving towards his office. Wednesday caught Suzy and Audrey performing a mock swoon. God, they all fancy him .
Hunter rapped on Wednesday’s door before marching straight in. He stood over her desk as she was about to write up her report.
“You’ve heard Arlow and Damlish are about to interview Des Wright, I