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"Oh God, don’t say that Even now the phrase is enough to make me sick"

"You kill her?"

"No I swear I was capable of a lot of crazi-ness back then, but not that"

I watched hi the truth This wasn’t a killer I was listening to He ht have realized after the fact how perilous his situation was, but I didn’t hear the kind of rationalization killers get into "Who else knew about the pregnancy?"

"I don’t know What difference would it make?"

"I’m not sure You can’t really be certain the baby was yours Maybe there was somebody else"

"Bailey knew about it"

"Aside from him Couldn’t someone else have heard?"

"Well, sure, but so what? I know she showed up at the school very upset and went straight to the counselor’s office"

"I thought the guidance counselors only handled acadee prep requirements and stuff like that"

"There were exceptions Sometimes we had to screen personal proble"

"What would have been done then, if Jean had asked for help?’

"We’d have done e could San Luis has social agencies set up for things like that"

"Jean never talked to you herself?"

He shook his head "I wish she had Maybe I could have done so for her, I don’t know She had her crazy side We’re not talking about a girl who’d agree to an abortion She never would have given that baby up and she wouldn’t have kept quiet She’d have insisted on ardless of the price I have to tell you-I know it sounds horrible, but I have to say this-I was relieved when she died Enormously When I understood the risk I’d taken… when I sahat I had at stake It was a gift I cleaned up ain"

"I believe you," I said But as bothering , but I couldn’t quite sense what it was