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me so we can talk, and uh, you might want to have a lawyer handy.”
    I spoke to him. “There’s more, isn’t there sheriff? I can tell by the look on your face.”
    “We have witnesses Blue, and that’s all I’m gonna say for now.”
    Gary stepped forward.
    “Hello sheriff, my name is Gary Dent. I’m Blue’s boyfriend and now... I guess I’m also Jenny’s attorney.”
    “All right, then why don’t you follow us back into town, Jenny, you’ll be riding with me.”
    The other deputy took out a set of handcuffs and Jenny blanched.
    “Put those away, Bob, there’s no need for them, right Jenny?”
    “Yes,” Jenny said, as she looked like she might cry any minute.
    Sheriff Matt offered his arm and then he escorted Jenny to his car.
    With mama sitting in the back seat of the pick-up, we followed the police cars out to the highway.
    “Mr. Gary?” Mama said.
    Gary looked at her in the rearview mirror.
    “Yes ma’am?”
    “Guilty or not, you get my girl free, you hear me?”
    “Guilty or not, yes ma’am,”
    “Well alright then,” Mama said, and off we went to the police station.
    ***
    A ccording to mama, Jenny had been dating Tommy Hayes for over six months, a record for my sister.
    Tommy had been a reporter, based out of Dallas, and as far as mama knew, he never had a problem with anyone.
    When we arrived at the station, Gary followed the sheriff and Jenny into an interrogation room.
    The police station was in a massive, old building that also housed the courthouse and licensing bureaus. Despite its gray stone exterior, the inside was modern, thanks to a renovation three years earlier.
    Mama and I sat for hours on a wooden bench while sipping on vending machine coffee, and then finally, Gary walked over and sat beside us.
    “They’re booking her on suspicion of murder, chiefly because of the knife found in her car. DNA results on the blood aren’t in yet, but the blood type matches the victim, Tommy.”
    “What’s Jenny’s story?” I said.
    “She says he was fine when she left him; he walked her out to her car and then she drove off. She has no idea how the knife got into her car, and oh, they searched the house and removed all of Jenny’s clothes, plus her car. She’ll be arraigned in the morning and if they find any more evidence, they may up the charge to murder.”
    “Mama,” I said. “Does Jenny ever lock her car?”
    “No, there’s no need, and you’re thinking that somebody planted that knife, aren’t you?”
    “Yes, Jenny wouldn’t kill anybody, and if she did, she’d be smart enough to get rid of the weapon.”
    “That’s what I think too,” Said a voice from the doorway. We all looked up to see Sheriff Matt enter the room.
    Mama walked over to him. “If you think my girl is innocent, then why are you keeping her here?”
    “Maggie, I have to go where the evidence takes me, despite how I feel.”
    “Sheriff,” I said. “You said there were witnesses, who are they?”
    “Doc Monroe and Emma Cole,”
    Mama hung her head. “Oh Lordy,”
    “What am I missing?” Gary said. “I take it that Doc Monroe is a Doctor of some kind, but who is Emma Cole?”
    I answered him. “Doc Monroe isn’t a Doctor, he’s the Doctor. He’s about eighty, highly respected and he must have delivered nearly every baby in this town, including the three of us.”
    “And Emma Cole?”
    “She’s the mayor, and her late husband’s family founded the town.”
    Gary sighed. “And I suppose they’d have no reason to lie.”
    “Doc said he saw Jenny and Tommy fighting, said it was loud enough to wake him up. His house is directly across from the Martin place; Tommy rents the apartment over the Martin’s garage.”
    “What about the Martins?” I said. “If a fight were loud enough to wake Doc, then it would have woken them up too, what do they say?”
    “No one was home, they’re on vacation.”
    “And Emma Cole, what’s her story? Why would the mayor be up at two a.m.?”
    “Emma