Chapter 122

Nora POV

The police arrive while I’m still standing in the hallway outside David’s room, staring at the television screen where the news ticker keeps scrolling Elaine’s photo. Two detectives in plain clothes walk in. One of them is older with salt-and-pepper hair and tired eyes, the other slightly younger. They approach me directly already holding their badges out.

The older one speaks first. “Mrs. Calder? We need to speak with you please.”

I don’t argue. I follow them to a small conference room down the corridor that the hospital must keep for this kind of thing. Sel tries to come with me but the younger detective shakes her head politely. “Just Mrs. Calder for now ma'am.”

I sit across from them. My hands stay in my lap, fingers laced tight to keep them from shaking. The older detective – Detective Harlan accordin