Baroque And Desperate
Baroque And Desperate
“It was clearly a setup. You saw what happened with the egg.”
“Egg?” the twins echoed.
“Don’t interrupt,” I snapped. Again, it was a gracious reprimand.
“Well,” the sheriff said, “there’s more.”
I tapped my foot on the scarred linoleum. “I’m waiting.”
“The accused’s fingerprints,” he said carefully, “were found several places in Flora’s room. Including the handle on the door that leads to the outside.”
I snorted. “Again that means nothing. Like we discussed, Sheriff, Flora might have been killed... in the bathtub. Now, if you had found her prints there, as well—”
He was nodding.
“You found C.J.’s fingerprints on Flora’s bathtub?”
“Yes, Abby. But like I told you before, I personally don’t believe the girl did it. Still, the evidence so far seems to point that way.”
I sat down in the chair offered. “Poor C.J.’s in a peck of trouble, isn’t she?”
Rhett took a cautious step away from me. “That’s why we want her to stick to her guilty plea.MoreLess
“Egg?” the twins echoed.
“Don’t interrupt,” I snapped. Again, it was a gracious reprimand.
“Well,” the sheriff said, “there’s more.”
I tapped my foot on the scarred linoleum. “I’m waiting.”
“The accused’s fingerprints,” he said carefully, “were found several places in Flora’s room. Including the handle on the door that leads to the outside.”
I snorted. “Again that means nothing. Like we discussed, Sheriff, Flora might have been killed... in the bathtub. Now, if you had found her prints there, as well—”
He was nodding.
“You found C.J.’s fingerprints on Flora’s bathtub?”
“Yes, Abby. But like I told you before, I personally don’t believe the girl did it. Still, the evidence so far seems to point that way.”
I sat down in the chair offered. “Poor C.J.’s in a peck of trouble, isn’t she?”
Rhett took a cautious step away from me. “That’s why we want her to stick to her guilty plea.MoreLess
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