"I dunno. Seems like a whole lot of trouble to go to if I'm just a 'witness'."

She air-quoted that word with just one hand. Too disdainful to bother with two, apparently.

His explanation was honest enough, but after everything, well, Heather could muster very little but mistrust.

"So they weren't a little curious about the fact that I moved the body and ran away from the scene of the crime? That's not the impression I got back east."