“Is there someone we can call for you? Parents or?”
“They are on their way from Seattle,” Cassi rasps.
The doctor continues trying to talk to her but I can tell she’s tuning everything out. She’s practically slipped off into another world as the doctors and police officers speak to one another before looking to me.
“I know it’s not the best time, but we need to ask a few more questions down at the station.”
My eyes practically bug out of my head.
“Are you fucking kidding me? Her sister just died.”
“While she was with her,” the other office fills in. “Until we know the true cause of death, this is an open investigation and I’m looking at the two main subjects. I’m sorry, it’s protocol.”
“To hell with protocol! We will answer your questions here but we’re not going anywhere until…until she’s able to see her parents. Until they can grieve together.”
The cops share an irritated look before one of them nods.
“Let’s step somewhere a little more quiet.”
Chapter Thirty Eight
Cassi
“Were you upset with your sister? I reviewed the notes from last week. Looks like she roughed you up pretty good.”
I look up at him in surprise as I shake my head.
“Do you seriously have no tact or are you a fucking idiot?” I ask.
Nico squeezes my leg in warning as his lawyer leans forward.
“Please rephrase your questions to be a little more empathetic given the current situation, or this interrogation is over.”
I’m amazed at how quickly he was able to get here. Nico called him and literally less than seven minutes he was strolling into the room, demanding all of this information and making the cops both sigh in defeat.
“Fine,” the older cop says. “You guys clearly had your differences. Did her reaction to your relationship make you angry?”
“No,” I say firmly.
He turns his head to the side in curiosity. “Really? See, if I had a sibling who disapproved of a relationship of mine, I’d feel frustrated. Upset. Maybe even a little pissed off.”
“Well, I sucked her boyfriend’s cock clean before I rode it until he blew a load in me, so I can’t exactly blame her,” I snap.
Nico squeezes my thigh in warning again, but I ignore him. Fuck these guys. They are seriously trying to say, what, that I killed my sister? How is that even possible? What on earth could I have done to make her heart stop?
I feel numb but also…odd. I don’t know how to explain it, I mean, she’s my sister. I should be curled up into a ball in the corner right now. She’s gone. I’ll never see her again. A really fucking terrible part of me feels a small amount of peace at that thought, and I fucking hate myself for it.
My lack of emotions I know is not helping my innocence in this moment, but on the other hand, I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, so I don’t really give a shit. Though, that may be a wrong approach and possibly how I end up wrongfully in jail if I don’t cool my temper.
There is a knock at the door before one of the police officers steps outside of the little room they shuffled us into. He’s only out there for a minute or so before he’s sitting back down and crossing his hands onto the table.
“Do you know what foxglove is, Cassi?”
I furrow my brows before slowly nodding.
“It’s a plant,” the cop says. “It grows all over the place, pretty, but when ingested can be extremely poisonous.”
“What does that have to do with this interrogation?” Nico’s lawyer interrupts.
