I made a note of the date and time of the text and I was sure that was the day before Phoebe disappeared.
The next incoming one read, ‘When are you going to divorce the heartless bastard and be with me? I can’t wait for you forever T xxx’
She replied, ‘Things are in motion but it will take time. Please be patient. I love you P xxx’
There was one video on the phone and I opened it up. It was a video of Phoebe and the mysterious T making love. I could see her face as she was lying on her back but he had his back to the phone. He kissed her and told her that he loved her and she shouted his name, “Tyler, Tyler.” They were really going for it. It looked like they were outside. Could it have been the woods? Suddenly she looked at the phone and shouted at someone.
“What the fuck are you doing, Alan?” she shouted as she sat up covering her bare breasts.
Tyler stood up quickly, not bothering to cover himself up and chased after the filmmaker.
“You fucking pervert. Come here!” he shouted then the film finished.
I checked the number that the film was sent from and made a note of it. Alan was a creepy weirdo. I wondered if he had tried to blackmail her with the video.
We needed to establish who this Tyler was. He looked quite young and well built with very dark, almost black hair. He might have been a tennis coach or a personal trainer.
She must have had a gym membership. I could have tried ringing the number but that could raise his suspicions.
I trawled the Internet for expensive gyms in the area and decided to check them out.
I started up the Audi and roared out of the driveway. Yes, I could get used to playing at lady of the manor, but that was all I was doing, playing. Zack wouldn’t want me when the truth came out that I had been investigating him as a suspect for his wife’s possible murder.
The first two gyms were a dead end but I hit it lucky with the third.
“I will page our personal trainer, Tyler Henderson. He will be along to see you shortly. You won’t be disappointed, if you know what I mean!” the receptionist winked at me.
“Did you page me, Abby?”
“Yes, this is Miss Black. She’s enquiring about you working with her as a personal trainer.”
“Right, it’s nice to meet you, Miss Black,” he said shaking my hand.
Oh, he loved himself and if he had any more gel in his hair, he would have started an oil slick.
“Good to meet you, Tyler,” I replied as his eyes rested on my breasts.
“I will show you around the facilities,” he said, licking his lips whilst he looked at me.
He took me on a gym tour and explained about all the equipment.
“Do you fancy getting a drink sometime?”
He was clearly over Phoebe!
“No, thanks. I have a partner, Zachary Cole. We live over on The Avenue,” I told him, watching for a reaction. “Do you know it?”
I was delighted to see the colour drain from his face.
“No, I don’t think I do. Anyway, never mind. Abby will give you the times that I am working in the gym so pop along whenever it suits you,” he said, shaking my hand.
He looked really nervous all of a sudden.
“Thanks, Tyler, and I will see you really soon.”
When I got back into the car, I rang DI Ross and told him what I had discovered.
“I think we will get young Mr Henderson in. Please could you forward all the texts and the video over to me? Good work, Black.”
I felt better for achieving something positive and I debated whether to speak to Alan about the video. It couldn’t be what he saw on the day of her disappearance as it had been forwarded to her secret phone.
It had to be something else but what?
As I waited for Scarlett and Jasper, my phone beeped with a message. I looked at the screen and saw that it was from Zack. My pulse quickened as I opened it up.
It read, ‘For your eyes only, my beautiful Jennifer.’
I clicked on the attachment and I saw that it was the video Alan made of us in the woods. A red hot flush of desire hit me as I watched Zack making love to me outside, up against the ancient tree.
I giggled to myself. I was so noisy. God, it was so hot watching us. His naked arse looked gorgeous as he thrust roughly into me. The cheeks hollowed and clenched.
“Oh yes!” I moaned in the quiet car.
Luckily, I was parked in an empty part of the street outside the school. I panted breathlessly as I relived making love to Zack.
The school bells interrupted my ‘X’ rated thoughts as the students started to spill out of the exits.
I took a deep breath and pulled myself together. It was like Zack had awakened a sex siren that had been hidden deep inside of me. I had never ever behaved like this before and I always enjoyed sex, but not this much. I thought about him making love to me constantly and it was wearing me out.