He Thought I Was Deaf, I Heard Everything novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Statement
Two patrol cars came up the gravel road with their lights turning and no sirens.
By midnight the lake house kitchen was full of strangers.
A paramedic wrapped me in a foil blanket and put a thermometer under my tongue.
A uniformed officer stood by the back door.
At the table sat a detective in a state police jacket, a square tired woman with a notebook and a cup of Tobias's coffee.
Tobias had a bandage over his eyebrow and a clean shirt from his bag.
He sat very upright with his hands folded.
"I want to be clear," he said. "My wife is fragile. She has a heart condition and she has barely heard for two years. This man has been obsessed with her for months."
"I was there," Peter said.
"You were trespassing."
"Mr. Schuyler," said the detective, "you'll get your turn."
She turned to me.
"Mrs. Schuyler. In your own words."
I put the thermometer down.
My hands had stopped shaking an hour ago, and I was glad of it.
"My husband took me onto the dock at nine o'clock," I said. "The light was out. He pushed me into the lake, and Peter pulled me out."
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