When he had asked before,
Brian's enhanced sense of smell hadn't detected the scent of smoke or the smell of other females on Billis Rocky.
As for Billis Rocky's other two mobile phone numbers, that was even more surprising.
They did indeed have contacts.
However, according to the IP information Hardenn retrieved, those were all landlines belonging to welfare institutions.
There were also emails in Billis Rocky's inbox about regular donations made to welfare institutions.
Which meant,
Soraya's stepfather was a guy who lived regularly, didn't smoke or drink, and was quite compassionate. To some extent, Soraya's mother didn't really match him.
It was puzzling how these two had ended up together.
"Why would such a person look guilty every time he spoke about Soraya and previously resisted seeing Soraya's body?"
Brian noted this point at the top of the file, underlined it twice to indicate it required special attention, then locked the file away in his drawer.
