Absentee

Sofia took time to think through what Paolo had said, and left unsaid. She was smart. She could work things out.

“Jealousy. And nobody else knows about it... and you got the diamond! That means you must have been there when they killed each other or shortly after. Jealousy... does that mean you were the one causing the jealousy?” Sofia was on a roll.

Paolo said nothing. He wasn’t about to interrupt for fear of getting into deeper shit, prompting more difficult questions.

“So you were shagging some guy’s woman and he caught you at it?”

“No! I wasn’t there!”