“KETTRICK," NINA SAID WHEN COURT RESUMED."Ma’am," Kettrick said, inclining his head gravely."Let’s go over that sequence again, from the time you heard the first shot.""Okay.""You were dozing, and you heard a shot.""Right.""Where were you sitting?""My recliner, right by the TV.""The window was open?""No, it was freezing out. I had a fire going in the stove, the windows shut. Cold day, parka weather.""Then how could you hear the shot?""It was a blast that shook the windows. I woke up and tore ove...r there to the window.""Was the TV on?""Sure. I sleep through everything these days.""Had you had anything alcoholic to drink?""A few beers, nothing really.""How many beers?"Kettrick thought a minute. "Oh, I guess a six-pack," he said. "Bottles. Bought it at the Seven-’leven. Henry Weinhard’s Pale Ale. Guess I was on the last bottle when I fell asleep.""Six bottles of beer," Nina said. "A closed window. A fire going. The TV on. You were asleep. But the shot was so loud, you jumped right up?""That’s how loud it was, ma’am.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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