OPEN SECRETS

Talking to the police was a tricky business as he'd been made aware of already. One slip of the tongue, one misstep or one careless statement that lost its meaning along the way or was misunderstood by the officer could easily keep him behind bars perhaps even longer than Edmund.

John Cromwell was very well aware of these facts as Candace Hall had painstakingly explained everything to him.

He could differentiate between hook questions and real questions and so far, all the questions that he'd been asked were hook questions.

Like a bait thrown into the water for the fish to swallow, get stuck on and be trapped, Detective Adams' questions were aimed at trapping him so much that whether he meant to or not, he'd end up saying what he needn't say. That would elongate his stay at the police station, giving her more time to glean information from him.

As soon as he discovered what she was on to, he embarked on a reverse course that took away all of her power over him. Detective Adams was not