"Where…?" Don stammered. "Where did this idea come from?"
"Answer!" Martin demanded.
"Will you believe me if I say 'no'?"
"I will believe you."
It wasn't an empty promise on Martin's part. Alston may have rebounded due to hormones, but the thirst for sexual pleasure is quite different from the plotting between GP2 drivers. He had neither the capacity nor the resources to do so. And the motive? Someone like Don might not have been the nicest man, but he was always fair in sports. So if Don tells him he has nothing to do with Steve's case, Martin will believe him.
"Shit, Martin!"
Two simple words and the tone Alston spoke them in were enough. Martin felt an unpleasant pressure in his dimple.
"So you have something to do with this ?!" It wasn't quite a question. Don's evasions convinced Martin that Alston was indeed involved in the case. "If you denied it, I would really believe you. At least you did not lie."
