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Jonah sat in the police station, very afraid One on side of hi more nervous than Jonah had ever seen him, and on the other, his newly-hired lawyer Across froation, sat five police detectives Behind theitated

It was the biggest news story of the day Not only had an internationally-acclai his debut perforie Hall - not only had he been et even worse When the police followed up on the only lead they had, when they had visited her aparts had escalated was to put it mildly

Now, not only were they after the "Beethoven Butcher" (or "Carnegie Hall Killer," as so her) but they were also after a cop killer A four-cop killer Every cop in the city was on the case, and no one would rest until it was solved

And the only lead they had was sitting across the table fro

Jonah sat wide-eyed, feeling the drops of sweat forain on his forehead This was his seventh hour in the roo the first three hours he had continuously wiped the sweat from his hairline Now he just let the sweat trickle down the side of his face He slumped in his chair, defeated

He just didn&039;t knohat else to add Cop after cop had entered the roo the same questions All variations on a theme He had no answers He couldn&039;t understand why they kept asking hi have you known her? Why did you bring her to this event? Why did she leave at intermission? Why didn&039;t you follow her?

How had it all co so beautiful She was so sweet He loved being with her, and talking to her He was sure it was going to be a dreaely Shortly after thein her She had seemedsick wasn&039;t the word She had see to burst out of her skin Like she had to get soet soht it was just because she wasn&039;t liking the concert He had wondered if taking her there was a bad idea Then he&039;d wondered if rowout of her skin He had then started to wonder if

When she actually burst out of the place, he&039;d wondered if she was running to the bathroom He was puzzled, but he waited patiently by the doors, assu she would come back after inter, he had gone back to his seat alone, confused

After another 15 hts in the entire rooe and made an announcement that the concert would not continue That refunds would be issued He did not say why The entire crowd had gasped, annoyed, butconcerts his entire life, and had never seen one stopped at intermission Had the vocalist taken sick?

"Jonah?" The detective snapped

Jonah looked up at her, startled

The detective stared back down, angrily Grace was her nahest cop he had ever met And she was relentless

"Did you not hear what I just asked you?"

Jonas shook his head

"I want you to tellthat you know about her," she said "Tell ain how you met"

"I&039;ve answered that question a million times already," Jonah answered, frustrated

"I want to hear it again"

"I ave her ot to talking a little bit, saw each other in the cafeteria I asked her out She said yes"

"That was it?" The detective asked "There are absolutely no other details, not one other thing to add?"

Jonah debated with himself over how etting beat up by those bullies There was her journal, lying mysteriously beside him His suspicion that she had been there That she had helped hiuys someho, he had no idea

But as he supposed to tell these cops? That he had gotten hi her there? That he thinks he reuys twice her size? None of it made any sense, not even to him It certainly wouldn&039;tstuff up They were out for her And he wasn&039;t going to help

Despite everything, he felt protective of her He couldn&039;t really understand what had happened A part of him didn&039;t believe it, didn&039;t want to believe it Had she really killed that vocalist? Why? Were there really two holes in his neck, like the newspapers said? Had she bit him? Was she some kind of

"Jonah," Grace snapped "I said, is there anything else?"