THE MENTION OF RICKY GILLESPIE HAS ANDREW SHIFTING, adjusting his weight more on his cane. Thereâs a curl of his fingers against the polished white wood, thumb running in the grooves before he starts his way over to the PINBOARD Ellie has made.
âVery strange.â He agrees, eyes searching to meet Zanderâs. âYou know, we never looked too deep into Ricky, at the initial investigation. But after ââ Andrew cuts off, swallowing hard. His fingers shake as he reaches for a picture, one of Ricky and Cate.
âAfter the trial fell â he was, hostile towards Alec, weâll say. It doesnât surprise me that heâd want Alec to stay away, after the presumed blame laid on him. Itâs not the first time heâs done that, unfortunately.â His thumb scratches at his eyebrow, frowning.
âI have a feeling Ricky isnât telling us SOMETHING about what happened. There was always a gap in his alibi, anyways.â He leans forward, tapping the statement Ricky had made two years ago. âI think, we need to reexamine Ricky Gillespie.â
âRICKY NOT WANTINâ THE CASE REOPENED IS WHAT I DONâT UNDERSTAND.â zander clarifies. âmy daughter gets murdered, iâd want the BASTARD who did it anâ i wouldnât stop until he was caught. the police would get tired of seeinâ me, not the other way âround.â
despite feeling for him at the time pippaâs body had been found â jules is three years pippaâs senior, but just the thought of LOSING HER in such a manner kept him up many a night â zanderâs now SUSPICIOUS of the man. he just canât shake the feeling that he knows something, if heâs not outright involved somehow.
âi think we need târeexamine him too. somethinâs not right.â he finally agrees.Â
âwell, rickyâs alibi doesnât cover the entire night, he had access to both girls...â ellie muses as she closes the case file sheâs been reading. âif weâre to look deeper into him, we also have to think about MOTIVE : what reason would he have to murder his own daughter and cause the disappearance of his niece?â
âricky made a pass at lisa. ALLEGEDLY. anâ lee flirts with anythinâ with a pulse accordinâ to claire, so...jealousy? maybe lee made his own pass at lisa?â zander ventures, glancing up at the ceiling. âbut then...why go after lisa, anâ not lee? anâ what about pippa? where does she fit in?â