"Just let's get through this and I think you'll understand," I said. "Could you tell me when you first knew that Dez was suspected of killing Biff Wel...s?" I suspected it the moment I heard that son of a bitch was dead," Elizabeth answered. My evasiveness had pushed her temper to the boiling point."Ellie," I said, looking hard at her, "this isn't the time for bullshit. I need to know when you were alerted that Tiny Huntley was on the radar for Wells' murder. Can you answer that simple fucking. The outside door to the penthouse burst open with the duty guy running in.I said, “I took care of it. Go back outside a minute. Let me get dressed.”The guy left the room.I turned to look for the girls. They both got up from the floor, Sarah had a red face. She said, “I don’t think he saw me under the bed.”Bobby said, “I don’t care if he saw me or not. Jesus, that scared the shit out of me. How did he get in?”I had a thought and slipped on the pair of shorts I had gotten out and hobbled out to. ”I pushed her a bit further away and wondered aloud: “Have you been inhaling those ‘wicca herbs’ of yours again? What night?”Jay winked mischievously and said: “That night. You know exactly what I mean. The one you described so vividly in your letters.”My eyes widened and my legs started feeling even wobblier. “Are you cr...” I started to ask, but I remembered she had already answered that question several times.Jay grinned and then she quickly grabbed my hand and started leading me. Mom eyedme inquisitively waiting for me to figure it out. My wheel wasn'tspinning. My hamster had died. "The Teddy Bear?" Mom said at last. Iissued a huge sigh of relief. At that Sam burst out laughing and Mom justlooked from one of us to the other. A look of total confusion. "Oh Yes the teddy bear!" I exclaimed happy to have an excuse to leavetheir presence, I made one more trip up the stairs. I looked over on mybed and noticed that teddy wasn't there. Now wait a minute. It's aninanimate.