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could leave the master bedroom on the first floor be for a little while for Mrs. Connor to get dressed please. Give me a minute to speak to my office first about interviewing Mrs. Connor.’
    He went back to his room and frantically rang Harry. Jeremy had woken him up, but there was little time for pleasantries. He explained the situation succinctly.
    ‘Bloody Edwards!’ Harry exclaimed. ‘Of course this is what he had in mind all the time! He wants a more thorough daylight search of the house and the grounds and he wants to question Caitlin; and he does not want Jack to tamper with his evidence or influence his witnesses.’
    It was not often that somebody managed to outmanoeuvre Harry and he clearly didn’t like it.
    ‘What you’ve done is quite right, Jeremy. Do not let Caitlin speak to any of the officers. Once they will have completed the search of one room, take her there and stay with her. Now let me think . . .’ He paused for a minute.
    Jeremy could sense Harry pacing up and down in his five-bedroom house at Harrow-on-the-Hill. The Stavers had moved there so that their gorgeous little boy could go to the acclaimed private boys’ school just a seven-minute walk from their house. He had thought he would do the same someday when he had a son, but that was when Maggie was living with him.
    ‘They have a vial with remnants they are still analysing from yesterday’s search found either there or at Michelle’s. It is possible that we have a conflict of interest on our hands in representing both Jack and Caitlin if she is being questioned as a suspect. I shall call Edwards and find out. Advise her to call her family solicitors and get an English solicitor to attend the interview with her. The Scottish system is different. If she cannot find someone I shall have to go in with her in the interest of both Caitlin and my client. Make an appointment with the officer in charge for any time at or after 2:00 p.m. for her to go in for the interview.’
    ‘Got it.’
    ‘The one good thing that might come out of this is that Jack might get released on police bail after the search and Caitlin’s interview. I shall hold until you fix the appointment.’
    Jeremy had a word with Caitlin while the officer in charge spoke over his radio to DCI Edwards and confirmed the appointment for 2:30 p.m.
    ‘Good,’ Harry approved. ‘Ring me back and update me within the hour. I shall be there by two anyway.’
    Jeremy ran upstairs where he had left Caitlin in a panic, still in her dressing gown, on the beige velvet chaise lounge.
    ‘Why do the police want to question me ? Oh god! How could Jack act with such reckless, urgh, bad judgment and bring us down this low?’
    He thought she was about to say “reckless abandon”.
    ‘I have never stepped inside a police station in my life. I haven’t even spoken to a policeman about a traffic ticket.’
    ‘Caitlin, please don’t panic. They just want to ask you some questions as a witness. Things like could you confirm Jack’s whereabouts at such and such a time, et cetera.’
    He was aware that this may or may not be entirely true, but he needed to calm her down.
    ‘If it helps I can try to get the police to come here instead of your going to the police station. Let us call your family solicitors whom you will be comfortable with to accompany you. We need someone practicing Criminal Law in England.’ It was better put that way.
    ‘Miller & Co. in Portsmouth, but they do only corporate mergers and acquisitions. Harry is doing a superb job. Could Harry be there with me? Let me call Papa.’
    She picked up her phone.
    He needed to give Harry some more time. ‘They’re finished with the kitchen. I shall fix some breakfast for us. Give me ten minutes and then come down.’
    Downstairs in the kitchen he straightened out the main items displaced from the search as fast as possible and drew the blinds for privacy.
    ‘Papa’s on his way. He is happy with Harry also, for now. Could he get