I cant recall the exact day of the week but I do know it was January and the kids were home on school holidays.  My partner and myself were pottering around, doing house work, planning the day etc … All the things we normally did of a morning when we were both home when there was a knock at the front door.  I continued to potter around in my bedroom while my husband went to answer the door.

I could here a man talking with my partner although I could not hear what was being said so I went out to the hallway to investigate who it was.  It was then I noticed it was actually 2 men and they were being quite rude and abrupt with my partner.  They eventually noticed I was standing there and the man talking asked ‘ who are you? ‘  Well as it was my house i replied with ‘who the hell are you?”  Even though I already had a good idea of who they were

It was at that time a badge was flashed at me and I was advised that they were detectives investigating a serious crime and they just wanted to ask a few questions.  Due to the fact I had no information on their investigation and their aggressive manner sending my anxiety into overdrive I told them I did not want to answer their questions at this time (between the shock and the anxiety my answers would have only been rambles that made no sense to anyone anyway) and to contact us another time if they still required to talk to us.  They advised they would definitely be needing to talk to us further as our names had come up in the investigation (how will be explained in a later chapter).  Still stumped as to why they had even come to us we wrapped up the conversation and closed the door.

My partner and I then went into our bedroom wondering what the hell was going on.  We knew of the incident as it had been in the media but us?? even more but me??

What did they want to talk to us about?

Thinking back over the conversation, were they implying we had something to do with the crime?  Were they saying we were suspects??

It would turn out that is exactly what they were saying …..