he wouldn't let her do?" Lieutenant Cooper asked me.
"Sometimes, but not that much," I said.
"What else, then?"
"She told me he wouldn't let her serve him any
food, meals."
"How come?" Detective Simon asked. "I don't know."
"Did she act strange, stranger than ever, this
past week or so? Was anything in particular bothering
her?" Lieutenant Cooper followed before I could
respond to the first question.
"She had some headaches."
"Headaches?" They looked at each other. "What kind of headaches?"
"She went to the nurse at school. You could ask
her what kind they were. I don't know much about
headaches," I said, and I heard my father grunt a
chuckle.
"Did you ever see a knife in her room?"
Detective Simon asked me, so suddenly I couldn't
respond for a moment.
"Yes, I saw a knife "
"Did you ask her why she had it there?" "No." I hadn't asked. "I ha
ve a knife in my
room," I recalled. "My brother gave it to me as a
present. It's a real Boy Scout knife, I think. It has . . ." "All right. You have a knife," Lieutenant
Cooper said.
He sat back. Everyone was quiet, and they were
all looking at me.
"You know it's against the law to hold back any
information that relates to this case," Lieutenant
Cooper finally said. "You could get into big trouble." "You have no reason to threaten her," my father