"Bridget, please can you take William upstairs?" I thought he was still too young to hear scary stuff like this.
"Of course". She quickly answered and led him William, who followed her upstairs without question, upstairs.
I showed the detectives to a seat. Spencer sat but Martin chose to stand. Mom and Dad who did not know what was happening also sat down and waited patiently for me to explain myself.
I told them everything. For reasons best known to me alone, I left out the text and phone call part.
"That's what happened and I swear that's all I know". I finished and the silence that followed was deafening. They had listened to me without any sort of interruption. Mom's eyes were now wide and teary. Dad put his head in his hands. Detective Spencer together with his partner who had been taking notes had this unreadable expression on their faces.
