Page 78 of The Stone Secret

Deputy DA: Anything else?

Miss Stone: Yes, slippers. Pink ones.

Deputy DA: You remember this well, yes?

Miss Stone: Yes… it was the last time I saw her… you know. I’m not sure I’ll ever forget how she looked that morning.

Deputy DA: I understand. Miss Stone, was your mother wearing a necklace that morning?

Miss Stone: Yes.

Deputy DA: Can you describe it?

Miss Stone: It was a stone pendant necklace, gold chain.

Deputy DA: I understand from your testimony that she wore this necklace every day, is that correct?

Miss Stone: Yes.

Deputy DA: Where did she get it? Do you know?

Miss Stone: She never told me.

Deputy DA: And to confirm, you are one hundred percent certain she was wearing this the morning she was murdered.

Miss Stone: Yes.

Deputy DA: Miss Stone, how many times had you been in your mother’s bedroom at that point?

Miss Stone: Oh… I don’t know. A lot.

Deputy DA: Ten, twenty, thirty times?

Miss Stone: I’m not sure. I visit every Sunday.

Deputy DA: On your last visit, did you happen to notice the jewelry box she kept on her armoire?

Miss Stone: Not particularly. I mean, I know it was there, but didn’t look at it.

Deputy DA: I see. So, it’s safe to say that if something in that room had been rearranged, like the jewelry box, you would have noticed?

Miss Stone: I think so, yes.

Deputy DA: Did she mention Mr. Cohen during this visit?

Miss Stone: Yes. She griped about the noise. My mother didn’t like a lot of noise.

Deputy DA: What else?

Miss Stone: That’s it.

Deputy DA: Nothing else about him?

Miss Stone: I think she might’ve said something about him being done soon—meaning that she would be grateful because all the noise would stop.

Deputy DA: And then what?

Miss Stone: She told me to go ahead and call about getting the termite service completed, and that we would figure out the bill later. And not to worry about it.

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