Free Leah's Story Finding Jake by E.S Hoy Page A

room along with a young male officer; he
sat down then began a speech I recognised from TV shows
    “Leah Fellows you are free to leave at any time, anything you say will be recorded and used for our
investigations. Could you confirm your name and address for the tape please” My heart was
hammering in my chest, what was this? A taped interview could only mean one thing. I was under
suspicion for the murder. Repeating my name and address as requested I looked at Adam for
reassurance. As my legal representation he had to maintain professionalism so barely glanced my
way, I knew he had to be like this but still it left me feeling isolated.
“Miss Fellows, could you begin by describing your relationship with Mr Green, the deceased?” I
gulped wondering where to start;
    “Mr Green was my senior; we worked together for only one week. Our first court case I did the write
up and Mr Green took offence to the praise I received and put his name against my article. Gordon,
excuse me Mr Steel reprimanded him for that, you can check with him. On my third day Mr Green
made a threat against me” I noticed both officers’ eyes widen at this
    “He wrote a story in 1990 a murder of a hooker in Burnage, My mother. Mr Green remembered her
real surname was the same as mine and once he confirmed the link he started digging for
information to use against me. The evening before he disappeared he threatened me in the corridor
accusing me of making police files disappear, inferring my connection to the Richmond family. He
said he also had friends in high places and was meeting one of them that night, I gave him a knee to
the groin and that was the last time I saw him..alive” I caught a proud look from Adam as Rob
continued his questions
“Miss Fellows where were you on Thursday May 3 rd 2013 between the hours of 6 and 10pm?” my
heart slowed as I knew I was safe now
    “I was at the Palace theatre training with the cast. Then we went for a drink at Henry’s bar after, I
got home at eleven thirty, if you need to check it, I was with Chris Holmes for the whole time he is a
fellow dancer” Rob visibly relaxed, he must have found it very difficult considering me as a suspect.
Adam was ready to take over the interview now
“Could you tell us what led you to Miss Fellows as a possible suspect?” Rob looked at him debating
how much to say
    “We have a few witness’s who said the relationship was fractious and one who witnessed the
incident in the corridor, we had to check it out as it appears Miss Fellows was the last person who
saw him alive” We both nodded understanding now why he had to bring me in.
    “Could we talk off the record, we may have some information pertinent to the case” Rob switched
off the recorder after making the correct comments. He dismissed the other officer and took out his
notebook.
“Rob have you checked over Green’s PC at all, he was trying to get the official police investigation
file on Leah’s mum but according to him it had disappeared why would that be?” Rob shook his head
     
“We searched his computer everything had been wiped his PC was cleared before he left, we have
no idea why.” My mind whirled it was all becoming clear, someone was covering up.
     
“Leah you should know Richards throat was cut, your mum’s was too wasn’t it?” I nodded, obviously
    I hadn’t known as a child but when I did find out it made sense of the pool of wet I had slipped in. I
shuddered imagining myself at four lying on a bloodied body, thank God it was dark or I may have
never recovered.
    We filled Rob in on today’s search, disclosing the crucial missing link, my brother. We told him about
our chat with Mrs Franklin and the fire. Rob would follow it all up himself, Jakes existence was the
catalyst, and Rob didn’t like the sound of it at all. He would start by looking on the quiet without
mentioning Jake, if it got into the press it could force a reaction that may endanger us all he
promised to