“Did you issue a citation?”
“No.”
“Did you arrest her?”
“No.”
A beat.
“And yet you didn’t let her leave.”
“I told her to calm down.”
“Did she?”
“No.”
“What happened?”
“She hit me.”
A rustle moved through the gallery.
“You’re saying Caroline Simms struck you?”
“Yes.”
“And then what?”
“She tried to get past me.”
“Past you where?”
“I got hold of her arm.”
“To arrest her?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“I was trying to stop her.”
“From doing what?”
“Running.”
“Running where?”
“Down the shoulder. Toward the embankment.”
“You chased her?”
Danny’s composure slipped.
“Yes.”
“And then what happened?”
