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“Do you like to read?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“What do you like to read?”
It was on the tip of his tongue to say, if I tell you Fifty Shades of Grey will you think worse of me, but his objective was to get out of here, clean and free as soon as possible. “Whatever I can scrounge up cheaply.”
“Classics?”
“Some.”
“Have you read Of Mice and Men?”
“Yes. Have you?”
“I’m a sci-fi fan.” She eye-rolled and Drum was supposed to laugh, warm to her. He didn’t react.
“What size shirt do you take?”
“So this investigation is specifically about me?”
“No, these are preliminary questions.”
“Preliminary questions wouldn’t normally pertain to my reading habits or clothing size.”
Toshber repeated, “Pertain,” and Pagonis coughed into his hand.
Drum continued. “Like I told Constable Robins and her partner, I’m homeless, I’m not without an education.”
Another look was exchanged and Pagonis took over. “The Courier reported you’ve been on the cliff for more than a year.”
“That’s right.”
“Why?”
“I like it. It suits me.”
Pagonis scratched his jaw. “Okaaay.”
Toshber said, “I buy clothes for my husband, you’d be an XL or an XXL.”
“I’m whatever size I can get cheaply that fits.”
“I see, of course. Do you have a girlfriend?”
He stiffened. “What is this about?” God, had something happened to Foley?
“I’m guessing you do. What’s her name?”
If they knew he knew Foley, they’d be first to mention her. A subtle entrapment was going down.
“Is her name Alison? Alison Villet?”
He shook his head. “I don’t know any Alison.” He tried not to show relief, to show anything they could use against him, but whatever happened now it couldn’t be worse than thinking Foley was hurt or in danger.
“You’re sure about that. She knows you.”
“Like you said, I’m famous, lots of people know me.”
