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“You said you spoke daily with Liliana, right?” he asked, even though he already knew that from the data found on Liliana’s phone.
“Yes, we rarely missed a day.”
“Did she mention anything about an affair she might be having?”
After a long pause, Cara said, “No.”
“It took you a long time to answer that question, Ms. Quinn. Are you sure?”
“I, uh… Lili was such a good person. The best person I ever knew. She’d do anything for anyone.”
“But?”
“No buts,” she said, sounding tearful now. “She was so good to everyone.”
“I understand this is very difficult for you, but we’re trying to figure out what happened to her and her family.”
“It was Marcel. I’m sure of it.”
“We’ve uncovered evidence to the contrary.”
“What evidence?”
“I’m not at liberty to share that. I’d really like to know if Liliana was involved with someone outside of her marriage.”
“If I tell you, will it be smeared all over the place?”
“I’ll do my best to avoid that.”
“But you can’t make any promises.”
“No, not in a homicide investigation.”
“I’m still in denial that this has happened. How can they all be gone?”
“I’m sorry again for your loss and for compounding it by asking questions you’d rather not answer.”
Her deep sigh echoed through the phone. “It wasn’t a sexual affair.”
“Okay…”
“It’s important that you know she never slept with him.”
“I’ll need you to elaborate.”
“She struck up a friendship with one of the dads at Gus’s preschool. They met while waiting to pick up the kids. One thing led to another, and they began talking every day by phone. He’s a single dad, so it wasn’t as big of a deal for him. But she developed very significant feelings for him.”
“Do you know his name?”
“Keenan. I don’t know his last name.”
“This is very helpful. Thank you.”
“Please be kind to my friend in how you use this information. She was a wonderful wife and mother. The lawsuit… It wrecked her. She believed the women and had come to the realization that she needed to leave Marcel, which was devastating. They’d been so happy together for such a long time.”
Freddie took notes as she spoke. “Is there anything else we should know? Anything at all?”
“Not that I can think of.”
