“Some left from what Edna sent me. Tell me, Donald, what should I do? Should I go back to the police and tell my story?”

“Not yet, and not now.”

“Why?”

“It’s too late now. You’ve missed the boat.”

“Couldn’t I explain the—”

“Not now, you couldn’t.”

“Why?”

I said, “You didn’t murder him, did you?”

She looked as though I’d thrown something at her.

I said, “All right, someone did. That someone wouldn’t like anything better than to have the police blame things on you.”