Page 67 of The Lake of Lost Girls

Sergeant L. O’Neil:That’s interesting. Because she’s your girlfriend. You two are close, right? That’s what you told me the last time you were in here.

Ryan McKay:Yes, we are.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Then it should be easy for you to remember what you talked about the last time you saw her.

Ryan McKay:

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Let the record show that Ryan McKay did not answer the question.

Ryan McKay:No, I can answer. I just had to think—

Sergeant L. O’Neil:It’s not really something you need to think long and hard about, Ryan. I’m not asking you to solve algebra, I’m simply asking what you spoke to Jessica, your girlfriend, about, on April 23.

Ryan McKay:It was no big deal. I was annoyed that she ditched our date. I was asking her about it.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:You were only asking her about it? You sure?

Ryan McKay:It really wasn’t anything important—

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Because I have an eyewitness statement who says you two were seen fighting in front of Westwood Hall. This was around three in the afternoon, which is only a few hours before she went home.

Ryan McKay:I don’t know if you could call it a fight—

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Well, according to this eye witness, it was a very heated argument and you grabbed her arm.

Ryan McKay:No, it wasn’t like that.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Did you or did you not put your hands on Jessica Fadley in an aggressive manner?

Ryan McKay:I would never hurt Jess!

Sergeant L. O’Neil:No one’s saying you hurt her, Ryan. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I stared at the words in front of me, but my mind was thinking back to earlier when Ryan had grabbed me in a fit of anger. I subconsciously rubbed my wrist still feeling the ghost of his touch on my skin. It was clear he had a temper—I had seen it several times already. But did having a temper equal hurting my sister?

Sergeant L. O’Neil:So. tell me more about this argument. Did her ditching your date really make you so angry that you grabbed her?

Ryan McKay:It was nothing.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:So, do you remember?

Ryan McKay:No comment.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:No comment? Son, that doesn’t work here, not with me. This isn’t TV and I’m not the FBI. Now, answer the damn question, or I will make you answer it. What else were you two arguing about?

Ryan McKay:She … she wanted to break up with me.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Did she say why?

Ryan McKay:She said she wasn’t who I thought she was. That she didn’t think she was good enough for me.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:And what did you say to that?

Ryan McKay:Jess is the best person I know. I love her. I will always love her. That’s what I told her. Then she left and I went and got drunk.

Sergeant L. O’Neil:Can anyone corroborate that?

Ryan McKay:Yes. I was with Daisy. I spent the night with her.

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