“I Had to Be Sure Before Accusing People.”
“The Spanish hairdresser?”
“Yes. Don’t you remember her? She and Lena seemed to be great friends. She did Lena’s hair for her every other day and I doubt if she always was paid for it ... I followed her and Lena.” Unthinkingly, Norma raced on.
“Followed them?”
“Yes, in Des Moines.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know why, I just did, that’s all. They went into a dark repair shop on a spooky side street. I followed them in and the door closed behind me. It locked itself. I couldn’t get out.”
“Girl alive!” Rita Warren exclaimed sharply. “You might have been murdered!”