At the same time, she had another fire to put out. Kristina was a total basket case. Chloe went over to comfort her. She pulled her friend aside and tried to stop her from shaking. “What am I going to do now?” Kristina asked. “You can start by calming down,” Chloe said. “How can I possibly do that? Did you hear the detective? He thinks I did this.” Chloe sighed. “He sure does.” “I didn’t kill Marty,” Kristina insisted. “I know you didn’t.” Kristina looked deep into Chloe’s eyes. “Seriously, I need you to know I didn’t do this. I could never murder anyone.” “I know. But here’s the thing, you don’t have to convince me. You need to convince the detective,” Chloe said. Kristina put her head in her hands. “How am I supposed to do that?” Chloe bit the corner of her lip. “I’m not quite sure right now. What I know is you didn’t do yourself any favors by coming here last night. What were you thinking, coming here?”
