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“Joan and a friend of hers were staying at the house she inherited from Annetta Charles, and she shot and killed an intruder.”
“And she called you, instead of 911?”
“She called 911, then me. Mike Freeman loaned me a chopper. And, on arrival, I ascertained that the corpse was, indeed, dead. Then I listened to the police question the two women, and the chopper brought me back.”
“What was the outcome of all this action?”
“I suggested to the two cops attending that this was a routine B and E, and that Joan shot the man in self-defense. They did not disagree, so I got the hell out of there before they started to askmeany questions.”
“What were you afraid they would ask you?”
“They asked if I recognized the corpse.”
“And you said, ‘No’?”
“Yes.”
“And that was not true?”
“No. Sort of. He looked a little like a guy who came to myhouse a few nights before, rang the bell, and asked for Eddie Jr. I could see him on my security system. It could have been the same guy. I told him to go away.”
“You were fucking somebody at the time, weren’t you?”
“Not yet.”
“So I’m supposed to get you out of this?”
“Out of what?” Stone asked.
“Out of lying to the cops during a murder investigation.”
“I didn’t lie to them. I don’t know if it was the same guy who came to my door.”
“You want me to tell them that?”
“I don’t want you to tell them anything.”
“You want me to conceal evidence in a homicide investigation?”
“Why confuse the East Hampton cops?”
“What about the ballistics report? You want me to lose that or sit on it?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about the East Hampton cop who was sitting on my doorstep when I got to my office this morning, with a S&W snub-nosed .38 in a plastic bag.”
“I gave him my card and asked him to send me a copy of the ballistics report. I didn’t mention your name.”
“He came to us because his other choice was the state crime lab, which might take a month to produce a ballistics report for a small-town cop shop.”
“Did you run it?”
“I did.”
“And what did you tell the nice young cop from East Hampton?”
“Well, I learned two things from the report, but I only told him one of those.”
