Accessory

“Hey, wait a minute,” said Sofia, haven’t I heard about this Ronan Flaherty? Wasn’t he the bloke who got stabbed in the neck by a young tart who he was strangling? Didn’t she die too? Sounds like they both got what they deserved, didn’t they. Were you shagging her too Paolo? Seems like you got lucky... it might’ve been you!...”

Paolo said nothing.

“...and he’d given her a bloody great diamond... which suddenly you gave to me! No wonder you’re crapping yourself, Paolo, you must’ve been involved! Did you kill them both?”

“Absolutely not!” said Paolo, “...I didn’t need to!”