“Nice hickey.” Frost commented as Shelley sat in the cold plastic chair, her eyes darting around the room nervously.

“Where were you last night?” he asked, fiddling with the file Jane had given him before meeting the young woman’s eyes.

“Last night?” she echoed, never meeting Frost’s gaze.

A knock at the door interrupted them and Jane pulled it open. Korsak nodded and handed her a slip of paper. ‘Johnson’s clean, alibi checked out.’ It read. Jane leant towards Frost, showing him the note while concealing it from Shelley.

“I was with my friend.” She told him slowly.

“This friend?” Frost pulled a picture of Louise from the file and pushed it across the table.

“Lou. Yeah.”

“And what time did you leave her?”

“I… I don’t remember.” Shelley told him. “What’s happened?”

Jane paced around the room, leaning against the far wall and watching her. “She was found dead this afternoon.” She explained.

Shelley collapsed into sobs, her body shaking with the grief. “She hit her head but it wasn’t bad.” She blurted out suddenly. Jane and Frost exchanged a look but remained silent.

“We were at the motel.” The words fell from the woman before them. “We’d been seeing each other.” She looked up and accepted a tissue Frost had pulled from his pocket. “She told me she wanted to end it, that she felt guilty for cheating on Adam.”

Jane shifted, her gaze burning into the girl and making her shift in her seat. “So you were arguing?” Jane asked.

“No. Well yes but I didn’t hurt her.” Shelley told her firmly. “She said this was the last time we could, y’know.” She met Jane’s eyes, one determined look battled against the other. “I was angry because I love her and I didn’t want it to end.”

“So what happened?” Frost jumped in quickly.

“We were getting dressed, and she slipped and hit her head on the nightstand.” Shelley explained. “But she was fine.”

Jane seemed to consider this. From what Maura had said, Louise’s death hadn’t been violent and this seemed like a plausible scenario.

“Look.” Shelley said, clearing her throat loudly. “We had sex, she told me it was over, she slipped when she was getting dressed then she told me to leave, which I did.”