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“I tried to… but she was pretty hysterical. I tried to calm her
down, but she went crazy. What else is there to tell? It’s all in the
report.”
Bill reached for the papers on his desk again. “I saw what you
wrote. But the woman is claiming that you told her to push the
perp down the stairs.”
“What?”
Bill read from the pages. “She claims you were talking about God
and told her, quote, ‘The man was a sinner and deserved to be
punished because the Bible says Thou shalt not kill.’ She says that
you also told her that the guy was probably going to get
probation, even though he killed her kid, so she should take
matters into her own hands. Because wrongdoers deserve to be
punished. Does any of this ring a bell?”
Kevin could feel the blood in his cheeks. “That’s ridiculous,” he
said. “You know she’s lying, right?”
He expected Bill to immediately agree with him, to say that he
knew Internal Affairs would clear him. But Bill didn’t. Instead, his
boss leaned forward.
“What exactly did you tell her? Word for word.”
“I didn’t tell her anything. I asked her what happened and she told
me and I saw the hole in the ceiling and went upstairs and I
arrested the neighbor after he admitted to firing the gun. I cuffed
him and started bringing him down the stairs; the next thing I
know, she went after him.”
Bill was silent, his gaze locked on Kevin. “You never talked to her
about sin?”
“No.”