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“He told you his fantasy, didn’t he?” she asked, voice somehow small, as if she didn’t want to say her words too loud, because doing so would er, more real

“He told us about your relationship,” Newman said

Jocelyn looked up then, tears shining in her eyes, but the anger was back blazing so that her brown eyes looked alht as the first tear trailed down her cheek “The only relationship I have with Bobby is as brother and sister”

“I’m sorry, Jocelyn Bobby says it was a little bit etic

“He wanted it to be more, but I said no”

“Bobby says that the two of you aren’t genetically related and that Ray only adopted Bobby and not you, so you’re not even legally brother and sister”

She threw her hands up in the air, ry eyes “Bobby’srelated, but I was only five whenbrother”

“So you and Bobby never had sex?”

She looked disgusted “No, I would neverThat’s a horrible thing to say, and I told Bobby that I told hi to tell Dad”

“You planned on telling Ray?” Newman asked

“I told hiet him to leave me alone”

“You told Ray the night he died that Bobby anting to date you?” Newman asked

“Yes Dad said he’d talk to Bobby after I left for the night” She started to cry in earnest “Don’t you see? It’s all my fault”

“How is it your fault?”

“Dad must have confronted Bobby and told him to leave me alone, that I didn’t feel that way about him, and he went crazy and killed Dad” She hid her face in her hands The nails were that pale-pink-and-white French that always looked weird tobut not for real life