The Woman From Hell

"Mrs. Grant, that's all the clues we know for now. You should head back and rest. We'll inform you when there's news."

I nodded and got up numbly. Theo tried to support me from the back, but a split second later, Chief Royce spoke.

"Please wait, Mr. Grant. We still have questions for you."

I looked back warily, unsure why the police officers only wanted him to stay.

I knew the police officers had their reasons for doing so, but Theo and I were a married couple and I was Munchkin's legal guardian, so why did Chief Royce want to speak to him in private?

Please don't get me wrong, Mrs. Grant. We just need to ask Mr. Grant something. It's a routine investigation."

This was even more puzzling.

"Didn't you already ask about it before?

Why do you need a separate investigation now?"

Chief Royce's eyes looked slightly dazed. He looked at me, then at Theo, seemingly a little hesitant to speak.

Grant. This is a part of the procedure. We

more than once." I was starting to

involved in each case repeatedly is also part of the process.

starting to get a little annoyed by

don't see you going out

Royce did

Investigate me too, then. We're a family anyway. If you want to ask anything, then ask in front of me to save you the trouble of having

me like this before and gently patted my

wait any longer. They'll certainly question me when they're done questioning you. Why don't we just do

required, but I simply did not understand why they

victims, not

insist, Mrs. Grant, please take a seat on the chair behind

angrily and watched as the people in

to him helped set up a video camera to begin another round of

where were you between 11:35 and

It seemed like the police officer