To Die For by Kathy Braidhill

Author:Kathy Braidhill
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781466885387
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER TEN

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994, 11:49 P.M.

Greco brought Dana back to the interview room. He told her that she could talk to her dad in a few minutes. They also told her that they’d spoken with Jim, who’d said that she had come into some money earlier that day.

“Yeah. When I got the cash from the, from that savings book, uh, that’s what I, that’s what my story was,” Dana said. “I didn’t want him to know.”

“What was your story?”

“That my aunt had sent me some money, that’s all.”

“OK. There’s a, there’s a lot of stuff that still points in your direction. And it’s, it’s time for you to come clean,” McElvain said.

“I’ve given you all of the information I have,” Dana said, sounding annoyed.

“No, you, you haven’t. And, and just like earlier, it’s, it’s time for you to clean the slate and start your life over again. You can’t get past this point in your life until this is done.

“All we’re asking you is complete honesty.”

Dana’s expression hardened, like a businesswoman trying to negotiate a deal. She dug in her heels.

“Well, I want a lawyer to say anything more. I’ve given you everything I can give. You know, I was scared and it was stupid for me to try to spend a credit card, it was even stupider…”

Dana kept talking, so Greco picked up the questioning. He wanted a confession, even if it wasn’t admissible in court. Let the lawyers fight it out later.

“It’s just that we don’t feel that you’ve given us everything … because of the circumstances…”

“It looks bad,” Dana said, finishing his sentence.

“Look at the circumstances, OK? Look at our position,” Greco said.

“I do look at your position. I know that’s why you’re hammering me so … But I’m tellin’ you, it’s…” she stammered, breaking down again. “All I wanted to do is get some cash and some things.”

In a way, Greco felt that they’d hit the real core. She was a long way from admitting the murders. But she probably was telling them everything about her motivations—as much as she wanted them to believe.

Greco pushed on. If she was about to break, it was now or never.

“There’s a lot of unanswered questions about victims here. It’s not just about cash. It’s not about credit cards. It’s about people’s lives that were taken.”

“Well, I don’t know,” Dana said, reaching for a tissue.

Greco saw that, for some reason, talking about her own desire to shop, to acquire material possessions, triggered Dana’s tears. But talking about the loss of human life was like a cork for her tears. She stopped crying immediately.

“It’s very important.”

“I don’t know what to tell you,” Dana sounded annoyed. “I’ve told you everything I could tell you. Now that I know that it’s your job to keep asking me over and over again, but I don’t know what else to tell you. I really don’t.

“I lied,” Dana said, breaking down again. “I was scared.”

“I understand, and you may still be scared about what else is, is behind that.

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