“Do you know who she was involved with?” he asked as he looked at her.“My guess it was someone close because she couldn’t ever let that out. Not everyone would have accepted her lifestyle.” Rita said. “My father probably used them as well. I hate to say it, but it wouldn’t surprise me to think he would have enjoyed watching and taking part in things that most would consider taboo.”“I understand why your mother wouldn’t say anything,” Max said. “She must be torn.”“Not in the way that you think. Don’t think my mother was doing anything other than protecting herself.” Rita laughed. “I didn’t like my sister. She was the favorite one growing up, and then I felt sorry for her. I knew she was being used from the time she started to lie. That was maybe the year before your

   The woman looked up and was like deer caught in headlights. She glanced at Max and then shook her head for a minute and then back at him. Max smiled even more. It was nice to know he had that much of a different effect on the woman now. Ten years ago, she would have never looked at him in the first place.“Urm.” She said as she watched him enter the room. “I don’t believe that we did know each other.”“We did, Marie. I was the fateful one who was chosen to go out with Samantha for prom.” Max said.“I don’t believe that.” The woman said as she looked him over again. “You can not be the one who stood on the side of the room the entire night.”“That was me,” Max said as he smiled even more. “Now, I do believe we have a few things to discuss. As you already know, Samantha died over a month ago. I

      Max went down into the basement and to the room that was well monitored. He scanned his id and then walked into the surprise of the people who worked in there. It wasn’t often that someone came down there in person. They looked at him like he was an alien of some sort. He grinned and knew he was being the one who was out of place.“Hi,” Max said. “I have a case where one of my main suspects might have been involved with a lawsuit that was probably criminal but more likely civil dealing with an underage female.”“If the suspect is not in jail, it was probably civil.” One of the men said as he pushed up his glasses.“That was what I was thinking,” Max said as he looked at the four people that were in the room, still staring at him. “Is there a way for me to access the trial notes?”“If it was not crimina

     Max walked out of the interview room and looked at his watch. He had a few minutes before the next interviewee would be there to be placed in the room. He knew the receptionist would do it the way he said, so he went out the back for a minute to get a breath of fresh air. He had a lot of new little details to go over.He knew this was complicated in the end, and a lot of people were involved, but this was the last of the fact-finding he had to do. The little details about Samantha and her relationships would be the ones that were the nails that held the box shut for the people really involved in her death. It wasn’t a normal case. He had already narrowed down the suspect list to two people. He would ask the questions and go where the answers would lead.The next interview was the last. It was the last for many reasons. This person was probably involved from the time that Max was in ways. It was

      Max looked at his brother, and he could see that he had not grown into a better man like Max had. He was the same as he always was. The favorite child in a family of two. He could have anything that he wanted, and he was given everything. Their parents had loved him more. It was plain in the way they had watched over him but never seemed to care about what Max had done.This was not the time to deal with that. Max took a breath, and he then steadied himself for this. “Tell me how you knew her now.”“I didn’t,” Michael said as he looked at his brother.“I have people who put you two together as close as a week before she died. You want to try again?” Max asked as he looked at the man his brother was.“Well, if you already know, then why ask?&r