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“After you get hassled enough by the cops, you don’t trust any of them,” Edward said

Hazel looked at him “Yeah,” she said

“Whatto do with Mike’s suicide?” I asked

“Mike was back on drugs They h when he was stressed and”—she started to cry softly again—“he tried to blackmail Jocelyn He wouldn’t tellto get enough o out of the country where no one could find us I begged him not to do it, to come in and talk to Pamela’s boyfriend If there was a cop we knew that was trustworthy, it would be hiht”

Hazel started crying harder now, rolling forward in her chair I think if Pamela hadn’t put a hand on Hazel’s shoulder, she’d have fallen to the floor Pamela held her while she had hysterics The intervieas over for now

Livingston motioned us out of the room to the hallway “Do you believe her?” Edward asked

“Pamela does, but it’s all hearsay Caret him as a witness to any of it”

“Can we prove any of it?” I asked

“Not right now,” Livingston said

“Do you believe that Rico is capable of this kind of violence?” Edward asked

“I don’t know him that well, but I’d have said no”

“We thought Rico was stupid, letting the Babingtons into the cri it, but he was already planning to frame them,” I said

“Fra them doesn’t make Jocelyn a billionaire,” Edward said

“They need Bobby dead for that,” I said

“And Jocelyn not iston added