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“Violence?” D.D. asked intently.
Head no. Finger yes.
D.D. blinked her eyes, trying to figure out how to ask her next question. “Do you believe Mrs. Counsel hanged herself?”
“Oh for God’s sake!” the cook exploded.
Kimberly strode forward, placed a restraining hand on the woman’s shoulder. “One more word...”
D.D. kept her eyes on Bonita. The girl looked at the cook. She made a helpless sort of shrug. Playing a role D.D. was starting to recognize. They thought she was stupid and she let them. While down at her side...
Two fingers for no.
Bonita had heard something in the middle of the night. There had been an argument, some kind of altercation. Mrs. Counsel hadn’t hanged herself.
“All right.” D.D. rose smoothly to standing.
She addressed the cook. “Thank you for your time. That will be all for now. Good luck with breakfast.”
Kimberly didn’t say a word, simply followed D.D. back out through the kitchen doors.
“What did you learn?” Kimberly asked the moment they were clear of the room.
“Mrs. Counsel didn’t commit suicide and we gotta get both of those girls out of here, right now.”
