THE DOOR OPENED. Mischa had drifted off. Actually, what that meant is that her mind wandered. Some might call it sleep. She didn't know what to call anything anymore. She'd barely slept the night of the partying and the yacht and Benito----and since then she hadn't had more than a few winds. She thought she'd drifted off when they put her on the a few hours last night----or was it noon? The morning?----but otherwise she'd fallen into a semiconscious haze.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgYr1cWEBv
Don't say anything to them, she tried to tell herself. Your brain's out to lunch.
They showed her papers. She stared at them for a time, my head wobbly. Proces-verbal d'audition de la personne gardee a vue, they said. Some kind of a witness statement.
"Your last---chance," said LaForge. "You can see that the others have complied. Your friend Rihanna has confessed.
She closed her eyes, or maybe they were already closed.
Rihanna----no.
"The others have confirmed---yes?"
"Corroborated," said Picard.
No----impossible---a bad dream---someone else's nightmare....
LaForge pushed her chin up from her chest, so she was facing him. "Rihanna says you gave her the gun. You assisted her."
No----not the gun----not my gun.
"No," Mischa managed. "Never---touched a----gun." Her tongue was heavy; her words were coming with great effort.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYeS4SYtk2
LaForge shook the papers, the witness statements, in her face for emphasis. "You see here. All of them say it. It was le chantage. Blackmail, Mischa."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjl2qWHDua
"Black---blackmail----who----?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDNRAfSHtk
"Still? Still you insist that you know nothing?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqACfoWFh4G
"Why would we black----blackmail Diego?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO0L9utT5K
"Diego," LaForge scoffed. "From now on, you are forbidden to call him that."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk7D7dC8xX
"What do----do I call him?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHV018RNMy
Picard approached Mischa, holding up an official photo of a balding man in a suit, his posture proud and dignified, giving a speech with the flag of France behind him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskv1K2upqq
It took her only a moment, her mental inebriation notwithstanding. Put a beard and a toupee on the man in the photo....608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc51CW3BrOD
"Oh, no," she whispered.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8EVMOPmyn
Diego the Tycoon was Cesar Diderot.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfta2sRtMC2
Mischa Barton was being accused of assassinating the president of France!608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGxbLwUmVJ
