“Okay.Then what do you need from me?”
“Since things weren’t handled well last night, I need an official statement from you about what happened.”
“Starting from when?”
“How about starting from when you got to…” He opened his file.“Demeter.”
Damien nodded and detailed the evening.He didn’t share the specifics of their conversation, but he gave Pryce a rough timeline of the night, including when Harmony ran out and his request to view the footage before he followed her.
“And how did you know where she was going?”
Damien shrugged.“I assumed she’d go home if she was leaving.”
“You knew where she lived?”
“Half the town knows where she lives.Her personal information was all over the internet.I’ve been working to get it removed.”
“But you saved her address?”
Damien leaned back and crossed his arms.“I did.In case I felt like I needed it.”
“I’m not trying to accuse you of anything,” Pryce said.
“It’s starting to feel like you are.I thought the dead woman was the concern.She certainly was mine when she followed Harmony out of the restaurant last night.Now, it’s feeling as if I’m the one you’re focusing on.”
Pryce shook his head.“I’m trying to gather all the pieces of this.”
“Then you’re looking in the wrong place.I like Harmony.I asked her on a date because I am attracted to her.Not because I want to hurt her, or anyone else.”
“I get it.Let’s talk about Pamela Mercer.Had you ever seen her before yesterday?”
“I’m assuming that’s the woman who followed Harmony.The dead woman?”
Pryce nodded.“Yes.”
“No, I’ve never seen her before.I only saw her in Harmony’s building, and on the screenshot from Demeter when she was following Harmony.”
“Did you speak to her?”
“When I saw her in the hallway, I told her to stop, but that was it.”
“Did she speak to you?”
Damien shook his head.“No.She ran, but she didn’t say anything.”
Pryce leaned back in his seat, arms crossed.He didn’t look intimidating, only contemplative.
Damien waited, willing to fill in the blanks in the detective’s case, but not willing to share anything else.Not that he had anything else to share.The woman ran.He never saw her again.She supposedly told the cops there to do a welfare check on Harmony that he was threatening her, but Damien was sure Pryce already knew that.
“How did you get into the building?”
“Harmony’s building?”
Pryce nodded.
“I hit all the buttons, hoping someone would let me in.”
“And someone did?”
