The Truth About Gretchen by Alretha Thomas

Author:Alretha Thomas [Thomas, Alretha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0578511622
Published: 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

After I finish she says, “That’s just the beginning.”

“You should have bolded and underlined number five,” I say.

Chapter 19

Gretchen

Things are happening so fast; I feel like I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And I’m concerned that Regina seems intent on pinning Robert’s murder on her stepfather. It’s possible that Robert heard the conversation she had with her friend. And I can see Robert confronting Curt. When, and if, he did isn’t clear. But if he did, to keep his marriage and not to go to jail, I could see Curt panicking and shooting Robert. It would have been Curt’s word against Regina’s. Granted, it seemed like his attacking her was a drunken mistake, but who knows how the authorities would have interpreted it? In my transport, Robert knew the person who shot him. If only I could see the face, the body, anything. It’s a blank. Maybe over time the person will be revealed to me. In the interim, we have to keep digging.

I tap Regina’s hand. She stops staring into space and turns toward me. “What are you thinking?” I ask.

“I’m thinking about that night, and I remember my stepfather going missing around the same time we heard our neighbor screaming.”

“Did the police question you?”

“My mother wouldn’t let them. I was in shock. They questioned my mother and my stepfather and the other adults at the afterparty.”

“Do you have any photos of the party at your house?”

“My mother does.”

“What about video?”

“I think she has that too. Why?”

“We need to look at it. To see who was there and where they were.”

“Damn, Gretchen, if you had been on the case, my brother’s killer would have been found by now. The police didn’t do any of that. They told my mother that Robert’s murder was gang related. He did have a minor gang affiliation, but he’d put all that behind him when he went away to college.”

I lean back in my seat, exhausted. Something nags at me, something I heard during my transport to the party at the Crystal Ballroom.

“I feel like I’m missing something,” I say. “I’m sure it’ll come to me eventually. Look, I have to go. Do you think you can get those pictures and the video?”

“I’ll work on it.”

“Let’s touch base Tuesday. Tomorrow’s Sunday.” I need to see the game. “And I have callbacks on Monday.”

“How’s that going?”

“Going well. Are you sure you’re okay with me moving forward with the film and using Robert’s name?”

“I’m fine. Now, my mother may not be. But what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.”

“Regina, I believe we’re going to find Robert’s killer, and your mother is going to be happy about that.”

“She won’t be if the killer ends up being my stepfather.”

I have no response to that. I hug her and leave the diner, more determined than ever to find Robert’s killer.

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