“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I thought her life was in danger, and I wanted to protect her.”

“Where was she? Where had she been staying here in Los Angeles?”

“I don’t know.”

Rondler looked at Roberta. “Where were you staying?”

“In a hotel,” she said, “but I can’t tell you the name of it.”

“Do you know where it was?”

“No. It was — I was sort of tight when I went there.”

“Did you get tight all alone?”