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“Stabbed in the gut” Morgan pointed toward Little’s abdomen with his pen The lower part of the dark shirt he et A bloodstain

“So as your connection to Little?” Morgan asked for the fifth or sixth time We sat in his car at the scene He asked questions and took lots of notes

“I told you, Little ith Billy Ray the day he harassedto touch base with hi people to talk to me has been hard The phone calls eird to say the least”

“Did you perceive Little as a threat?”

“Are you kidding? Of course not”

“Even though those calls were from his phone?”

“Like I said, I didn’t recognize the number Or the voice”

“What about your friend?”

“My friend knows nothing about this Nothing”

Morgan gave me his best cop stare I had no more to say

“You realize you may have been the last one to talk to him?” he said

“Other than the killer,” I added

He sht”

My stomach clenched Why did he sound so sarcastic?