Chapter 9 — The Body

"Which means the records weren't retrieved in response to a police request," Rohan said. "They were fabricated in advance and transmitted before anyone officially asked for them." He paused. "Hayworth arranged the identification. Which means Hayworth arranged the crash. And when it didn't kill Arjun—""He used the fabricated records to confirm a death that hadn't happened," she said."Yes. The body is real — someone died on the M4 that night. A real accident, a different driver, a coincidence that Hayworth used as an opportunity." He paused. "Or not a coincidence. The transmissions Arjun has sent include one more thing. A DAGGER access log.""A second vehicle," she said."The driver of the other car on the M4 that night," Rohan said. "That car's connected system was accessed remotely at 11:43 PM. Four minutes before the crash. The car veered." He was very quiet. "The crash was meant to kill Arjun. It killed someone else. And Hayworth used the other death to close the case on Arjun."She sat in the Geneva hotel room.She thought about a person she didn't know, who had been driving on the M4 at midnight and whose car had been remotely commandeered and killed them, and who had then been used as a false identity for her husband's false death."Who was the driver?" she said."A man named Thomas Webb," Rohan said. "47. Works in IT. Was driving home from a work event." He paused. "He has a family."She was very quiet for a long moment."Now I go to the police," she said."Yes," Rohan said. "Now you go to the police."