EVERYONE WAS DIFFERENT during the garde a vue. Some were indignant. Others, scared silly. Some would ramble incessantly while others wouldn't open their mouths. Some wanted desperately to please the authorities while others spat in their faces.510Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vnCQgD9S6
This one, this suspect, had been different from the other three women from the start. More visibly upset. More remorseful, less combative. Almost despondent.
"You were in love," said LaForge.
"No." Rihanna shook her head slowly. "I don't know. Maybe. I cared for him---yes---I cared for him----maybe I loved him----"
"You hoped he would obtain---divorce."
"No. That wasn't....." She sighed. "That wasn't---possible----for a----lot of reasons."
"It would be understandable that you would be---upset," Picard chimed in. "This man you cannot have? This life you cannot have?"
Rihanna didn't answer. Her head continued to rock to and fro, as if it were no longer a denial but merely her attempt to stay conscious.
"And you still deny touching this gun we found?" asked Picard.
Rihanna moaned. "Why do you keep asking me the same questions?"
"Because you have not given me the truth."
"I have! For the love of God, I have! For the twentieth time!"
"Why would Nicole Richie do such a thing as kill him?"
"She wouldn't."
"And Lindsay? And Mischa? What reason?"
"No reason. They wouldn't hurt a...."
"Then it is you, Rihanna. There is no other possibility. We know that you pulled la détente. The trigger. We know it was you."
"Tell us why you killed him, Rihanna," said Picard.
She didn't answer. Her head fell back against the chair.
"You wanted money," said LaForge. "If you could not have him, you wanted him to pay."
"You----think----I----killed him----for----the money-----what money? He wouldn't pay me----he wouldn't pay me money. Why would he---pay me money?"
"To be quiet about your affair," said Picard.
"No.....that's....ridiculous. Please----I need some-----I need water and a bath...."
"Soon, Rihanna. Soon," said LaForge. "Tell us about the money."
"I don't need----money. None of us----does. Well, Mischa----Mischa is having some financial troubles---but she----she wouldn't-----please----just some----water?"
"When you show remorse, Rihanna?"
"Show remorse, Rihanna," Picard urged. "Say that you are sorry."
"Sorry?----I'm sorry----he's dead----I would give anything----to bring him----back---but I didn't----I didn't do anything...."510Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSkqwMdGW0
The two interrogators looked at each other and made a decision----they could work with that statement. Rihanna would get a bottle of water and her bathroom break. They had, for the time being, what they needed.510Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwTxJwKIyC
