Dawson mentally dismissed the question as irrelevant. “Would you like to hear what I learned from Mr. DeSouza that might be useful information, sir?”
“Go ahead,” Hammond said churlishly.
“He said there is, or was, a rumor that Fiona Smith-Aidoo was having an affair, but he could not say with whom. Sergeant Chikata has also heard that from a second source.”
“There are all sorts of rumors all the time,” Hammond contested. “Doesn’t mean they’re true.”
Dawson remained steadfast. “Yes, but Chikata and I will keep it in the back of our minds and follow up on it. I also interviewed Mr. Cardiman on Saturday.”
“And?”
“I agree it’s difficult to see how he could have ambushed the Smith-Aidoo’s vehicle.”
“So you went all the way to Cape Three Points to establish that,” Hammond said condescendingly.
“But if there was an accomplice-”
“Who? What accomplice?”
“Well, I don’t know that yet, but-”
“Okay, okay,” Hammond said impatiently. “Work on that theory, if you like. I don’t know what you’ll get out of it, but it’s up to you. Regarding Mr. Smith-Aidoo’s mobile, I went to Vodafone, and they did a trace on the Lawrence Tetteh that Mr. Smith-Aidoo was communicating with. It’s not Tetteh, the CEO at Goilco. So we don’t need to concern ourselves with that question anymore.”
Dawson tensed as a hot streak flashed across his left palm like lightening. He paused a moment to let it subside. “Thank you for finding that out, sir.”
“No problem.”
Dawson’s phone rang, and he picked up the call. It was Jason Sarbah.
“I’ve spoken with Mr. Calmy-Rey, Inspector,” he said. “He will be available to meet with you at nine o’clock tomorrow morning at our offices. He is located on the top floor. You will be escorted there as soon as you arrive at reception.”
“Thank you very much, Mr. Sarbah.”
“You are welcome, Inspector.”
Dawson ended the call. “I have a meeting with Mr. Calmy-Rey tomorrow morning,” he told Hammond.
“Okay.”
“Were you able to interrogate him back in July, sir?”
“Yes. He had been out of the country at the time of the murder. He obviously thought very highly of Smith-Aidoo-no motive whatsoever to kill him or have him killed. Please, Inspector Dawson, do not antagonize Mr. Calmy-Rey.”
“I don’t intend to, sir,” Dawson said pleasantly. “Just one other thing I forgot to ask before. On the postmortem report by the pathologist Dr. Cudjoe, he didn’t mention gunpowder burns around Fiona Smith-Aidoo’s entrance wound. Did either of you attend the postmortem?”
