by Mike Crowson
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"You were right," Lucy said. "I searched a haystack of phone calls and found the needle. Somebody called Rosie O'Connor's number from KHS Investments at 14.14 on the 10th and they talked for nearly a quarter of an hour. Like you said, that'll be the call Shields overheard."
Millicent was back in her office and Lucy was looking pleased with herself, as well she might.
"It begins to fit," Millicent said. "I'll talk to that young lady again myself and ask her why she lied. I also want to know when they did meet and why she kept an appointment she knew he wouldn't keep."
Lucy looked up sharply as she added, "Though I think I know."
She got to her feet. "Come on, we'll visit Miss O'Connor before we go home," she said and grabbed her handbag and car keys. "Take your own car as well, then you can drive straight home."