Falling
“Libby’s dad said you’d be calling me. He said you needed to talk me?”Tom nodded, handing her his warrant card. She wore sweat pants, long blonde hair pulled into a loose plait. Rimless glasses sat low. It looked like she had been crying. She studied the warrant card, glancing up at Tom, back down at the photograph.“Would you mind if I asked you a couple of questions?”“Of course. You want to come in?”“If that’s okay.”“Jim said. He said you’d want to talk to me. Because me and Libby…” She turned ...abruptly, Tom followed. The living room was spartan, wooden flooring, stark white walls, the chimney breast smothered in dark crimson paper. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry I wasn’t here. I’ve been working away. I didn’t…” She choked down a sob. “I didn’t know. Not until I came home last night.” Hannah shook her head, brushing at the tears with her fingers. “Her dad, Jim, he’d left me a message. Asking me to call.”“You and Libby were friends?”She had sunk onto the black leather sofa, long stick thin arms stretching between narrow knees.MoreLess
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