Bab 169: A Rough Patch

"How long did you know her for?" Nash asked softly. 

"What are you guys… is this something—" he cut himself off as he made wild gestures with his hand. 

Bill had been a cop for decades. He was wise to the fact that acting oblivious to the unusual development of the situation would be a complete red flag in the eyes of the investigators.

Guilty suspects will often try and act naïve to confrontation as a means to avoid it altogether. Truthful suspects would immediately catch on to this and immediately clarify the doubt or confront the investigators about why they were insinuating something like this.

"You said that you were asking about a case, but here I am…" His breathing was slightly heavy as he stared between the two of us incredulously.