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that the Brit ended up winning

“I didn’t voluntarily coed on my personal choices,” Fried at Chapman

“And that’s not e’re concerned about,” said Gross quickly

“So does it all have to come out?”

“As I said, your friend’s marital issues don’t concern us and we can be very discreet Give me his contact information and we’ll take it from there,” said Gross

She did so, and then Stone said, “The guy in the jogger’s suit in the park?”

“Yes, I saw him,” she replied “What about him?”

“Did you get a good look at him?”

“Not really” She wrinkled her nose “He was so overweight I re he was the last person you’d expect to see in workout clothes”

“Did you see the man in the suit with the briefcase?” asked Stone “He was over near the statue of von Steuben in the northwest corner”

“No, I don’t think so There are sohts it was dark”

“Yes, it was,” agreed Stone “But you left about the sa toward H Street”

“I wasn’t aware of hisfor my metro card”

“McPherson Square?” asked Stone quickly “Or Farragut West station?”

“McPherson It’s a bit closer to the park I live in Falls Church I don’t own a car, so I always take the metro”

“So you didn’t actually see the explosion?” asked Gross

“No, I wasn’t facing the park, obviously When the guns started firing I instinctively ducked and ran Hell, everybody did”

“Did you have any sense of where the gunfire was co from?”

She thought for a few et low and out of the way It was somewhere above me, at least I think so”

Stone said, “Did you look back toward the park when the bomb exploded?”

She nodded

“What did you see, exactly?”

Friedain and pursed her lips in concentration “A lot of sh It was near the Jackson statue in the ht and because of the trees in the way, but at least that’s where it seemed to be”

Chap away from the scene?”

“Like I said, everyone was running once the gunfire started up And they ran faster when the bo I reuns and I think they headed toward the park I couldn’t swear to that because I was going the other way, fast”

“And the man in the suit?” asked Gross “He must’ve been somewhere close to you at that point”

“He ht’ve been, but I never saw him”

“Okay, anything else?” asked Stone

“I felt the ground shake a bit It must’ve been a very powerful bomb It seems ridiculous that with all the police down there no one noticed an explosive somewhere in the park I mean, how did that happen?”

Gross sat back “What did you do after that?”

“Grabbed a train hoot lucky I heard they closed the ot on”

Gross rose and handed her a card “If you think of anything else let us know”

After she left Gross looked at the other three “Well?”

“She didn’t add much to e already knew,” said Stone

“What a si sot,” snapped Chapman “I was surprised she didn’t pull her bloody dress up over her fake blonde hair”