“No, no, some place right close. Here, come over in this — Now listen, Donald, I want to know exactly why you thought I was holding out.”
I said, “I just thought so. And I have evidence that you sent a letter to Cora Burke.”
“I haven’t lied to you. I just haven’t told you all the truth. I’m going to give you a break. I wanted to up there, but I couldn’t on account of Pug. I didn’t know what to do. I finally decided that if you had the nerve to be waiting for me when I came out, I’d tell you — maybe.”
“What is it?”
“She did write to me.”
“That’s better. When?”
“The day before she disappeared, I guess it must have been.”
“And you’d written to her?”
“No, I hadn’t. Honest and truly. I’d never seen her in my life. I didn’t know anything about her.”
“Go ahead.”