She really wanted to help them catch the real murder. She doubted they would believe her if she told them about source of her information. The detective earlier kept asking her about the source of her information, but she couldn’t tell him that her source were a bunch of dead people.
Alice waited for the detective to come back. Two minutes later,He came back, but he wasn’t alone. He was accompanied by a teenage boy. He looked to be same age as her or maybe a little older. Were detectives usually this young or he was just an exception? She had a feeling it was the latter.
She nodded at his greeting and hesitated before shaking his hand. She wasn’t in the mood to return the smile beside she wasn’t the most sociable person.
” No, thanks.” She responded with a sigh.Unlike the teenage boy her accent was quite different. It clearly gave away that she was an American.
She glanced at her previous interrogator with a frown. Couldn’t he just let her go? At first she denied being the mysterious informal but unfortunately they had a very clear recording of her voice. She kept trying to dodge the questions until she decided to remain silent altogether.
” I already said what I know. ” Her voice was tired. ” my source wish to remain anonymous and I would like to keep that way.” Her source was already six feet under so it would be of no use to them.
She seemed too sure of herself for a murder suspect. She had extra information that she decided to keep hidden from the police. It would only serve to incriminate her.
She knew how long these corpses were buried. The victims were killed one month ago. She had a pretty solid alibi so she didn’t feel nervous. One month ago, she was half way across the world and she doubted they could incriminate her with such an alibi. She will just have to wait until they discover the time of death of victims.
“Hm,” was all that Hakuba said at first before taking a seat on the other side of the desk. He looked to his accompanying officers, brows furrowing, then looked back at the girl in question. “Perhaps I could have a moment or two alone with her? Just to get things calmed a bit…”
The officers rolled their eyes, but what else could they do? The language barrier had everyone in tatters, and if anyone was able to get a motive out of a foreigner, it’d be that damned blond.
Hakuba waited for them to leave before turning his attention back to the girl and the paperwork in front of him. “Apologies for that, miss… Sometimes things just get lost in translation, and… anyway, if you could just humor me and start from the beginning, it’d be greatly appreciated, and then we can get you out of here and on your way. I understand you must be very frustrated and tired by now, but please believe that I am here to help you. All right?”