ROSE ON THE LAKE 18+

🌹CHAPTER SIX🌹

My love for you is like the raging sea,
So powerful and deep it will forever be.
Through storm, wind and heavy rain,
It will withstand every pain.
Our hearts are so pure and our love so sweet,

And I love you more with every heartbeat.

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"Is this some kind of joke or what?" Dillan asked.

"No it's not." Harper responded, intently observing
him.

Dillan sat back in his chair, a crestfallen expression on his face as he tried to play the role of a bereft husband.

The surprise on his face was real, Harper thought, but rather than being accompanied with grief, his was accompanied with fear. In his charade, his eyes were shifty like a liar's instead of sorrowful. What he wasn't aware of, was that Harper saw right through the façade.

"When was she found? Who called you guys?" He finally asked.

"It was I." Rush replied.
"I was walking by the lake this morning when I found her body floating on the lake. Immediately after I got her out and realised she was dead, I called the police." His voice was hoarse with emotion.

Dillan saw an opening for his devilish plans.

"I should have searched for her last night. I knew she was distressed, she barely even ate her dinner." He spoke up, drawing a critical glare from the trio.

"What do you mean distressed?" Myles asked

"I had just returned from a three-months business trip I made to the Bahamas. I have a plantation there, you see" he explained.

"Tired as I was I still noticed how distant and distracted she looked. She pleaded a headache and excused herself early. I had some things to go over with my PA" he gestured to Nathan. "So I left mid dinner as well."

"Yes we were together the whole night and didn't see Rose up untill now." Nathan affirmed with aplomb.

Dillan mentally banged his head. Stupid Nathan knew nothing about lying. The manner in which he just answered and his unnecessary enthusiasm was sure to raise eyebrows. It sounded like he was defending an alibi.

All three detectives jutted something which Dillan would have given a fortune to know. But the table was too wide and his neck could only stretch so far.

"So when you did retire for bed, was she there?" Martin questioned, lifting his head to look at Dillan and gauge his expression.

"No she wasn't. I was so tired I fell asleep and only just woke up an hour ago." He lied.
"But I'm sure of one thing. She didn't sleep in our bed."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I'm a light sleeper. Some time in the night I woke up to find she wasn't there."

"And you didn't bother to find out where she might have gone?" Harper asked.

"It's not unusual for her to take night walks" he said sarcastically.

What the devil was he playing? The question ran through Rush's mind but he knew the answer.

"Did you love your wife, Mr. Garwood?" Myles questioned. This took him off guard.

"Of course I did. Where are you driving at?"

"And I'm to assume she loved you too?" He asked again, ignoring Dillan's question.