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my
father’s crazy, he’s wrong,” Loretta got into Cindy’s face. “He’s imagining it.
You’ve got to believe me, Pete would never cheat. My father always hated all of
my boyfriends. He always thought every one of them was doing me wrong.”
    “Really?” Cindy
was taken aback .
    “Yes,” Loretta
zeroed in. “Since my mom died, my father’s whole world revolved around me. He’s
super protective and in his eyes no one can measure up to him, if you know what
I mean?” Loretta winked at Cindy oddly.
    “I know what you
mean,” Cindy replied, feeling uneasy.
    “I was afraid my
father would say all kinds of bad stuff about Pete,” Loretta continued. “He
did, didn’t he? I have to know the truth.”
    “He said there
were good things in your relationship,” Cindy wanted to break it  to her slowly.
    “But he bad
mouthed Pete?” asked Loretta, as if her father had committed the ultimate
wrong.
    “Your father
feels certain that Pete visited Charma and that she killed him,” Cindy repeated
evenly. “He said all guys cheat.”
    “That’s
disgusting,” Loretta eyes were flashing. “I’ll always hate my father for saying
that to you. Maybe he’s talking about himself? Ever think that? Who knows if he
stepped out on my mom or not? I don’t know and don’t want to know. But I know
that never happened in my marriage, not once.”
    Cindy was stunned
by Loretta’s fierce determination not to let this point go by.
    “Well, if you’re
so positive, then I believe you,” said Cindy.
    “You don’t have
to just believe me,” that wasn’t good enough for Loretta. “I called Andy and
asked him to come over and talk to you. He’s one of Pete’s co-workers down here
and friends.”
    “Good,” said
Cindy, “I’d love to talk to him.”
    “He’ll give you a
better picture,” Loretta went on. “It’s awful enough that Pete is dead, I don’t
want people thinking that he died at the hands of a whore. I couldn’t live with
that,  Cindy.”
    “I understand,”
Cindy said. “Tell me where else should I look for answers, Loretta?” Cindy  was
 glad  that they finally they were dealing with the reality of Pete’s death.
    “Check the real
estate company Pete was buying the condo from,” Loretta’s eyebrows arched.
“There are definitely guys down there that are shady.”
    “Shady in what
way?” asked Cindy.
    “I don’t know
exactly how,” said Loretta. “But I know that Val, the guy Pete dealt with
there, definitely had an eye for me.”
    “Val came on to
you?” Cindy tuned right in.
    “No, not
blatantly, of course,” said Loretta. “But I saw him look me over a few times.
Pete saw it, too. He mentioned it.”
    Cindy wondered if
that was what Loretta meant as shady, that a guy came onto her? It seemed
strange.
    “Did it bother Pete
that Val looked you over?” asked Cindy.
    “Actually, no,
not at all,” Loretta laughed a bit. “Pete knew I belonged to him completely. He
trusted me and I trusted him. We just laughed about it, that’s all. But look
into the real estate company anyway. Pete left them a huge down payment on the
condo. You never know. Could be they wanted more money and he refused to cough
it up?” She shrugged.
    “Were you aware
of all Pete’s finances and activities?” asked Cindy.
    “Absolutely,”
Loretta replied. “We hid nothing from each other. Nothing at all.”
    “Okay, I’ll look
into the real estate company” Cindy replied, “right after I talk to Charma.”
    Loretta’s face
flushed again.  “Talk to who? The whore?”
    “Yes, the woman’s
who’s accused of killing Pete,” Cindy replied.
    “Why in hell
would you bother to go and talk to her?” Loretta didn’t get it.
    “Right now she’s
the number one suspect,” Cindy replied. “It’s routine procedure.”
    “So what?”
snapped Loretta. “Don’t waste your time.  It’s obvious, she’s being framed.”
    “It’s important
to hear her side, as well,” said Cindy.
    Loretta