Now was the time to tell the Deputy what Tibble had done to her.
But if I do, Ashley thought in despair, it will lead to my father,
and they’ll connect that to Jim Cleary’s murder. Did they know about that, too?
But the police department in Bedford would have no reason to notify the police department in Cupertino.
Or would they? Deputy Blake was watching her, waiting for an answer. “Miss Patterson?”
“What? Oh, I’m sorry. This has got me so upset... I understand.”
“Did Tibble ever mention this woman he wanted to marry?” “Yes... but he never told me her name.”
That, at least, was true. “Have you ever been to Tibble’s apartment?”
Ashley took a deep breath. If she said no, the questioning would probably end.
But if they had found her fingerprints... “Yes.” “You have been to his apartment? Yes.”
He was looking at her more closely now. “You said you’d never been out with him.”
Ashley’s mind was racing now. “That’s right. Not on a date, no.”
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