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and drank it. A little later, my dad knocked on my door.
    "Are you guys ready to get something to eat?" he asked.
    We walked downstairs and ate a nice dinner at one of the ship's many restaurants, then returned to our deck where two officers were waiting for me in front of my suite.
    "Mrs. Frost?" They said with a heavy Italian accent to their English. "We need to ask you a few questions."
    I invited them inside. I put Victor to bed and asked Christoffer to get himself ready, then tucked him in as well before I returned to the living room where they were sitting.
    "It won't take long, Mrs. Frost," one of the officers said.
    "That's okay. I'm not going anywhere," I said. "I just didn't want the kids to hear anything."
    "Of course not. As you probably know, this is regarding the Colombos. We understand you spent some time with them yesterday?"
    "Well, I did. Mrs. Colombo was in trouble. She had passed out because she had forgotten to eat. She was diabetic. So I called for a doctor and he took care of it. Really, I didn't do much."
    "We’ve already spoken to the doctor. But, as we understand it, Mr. and Mrs. Colombo had a…uhm, a quarrel while you were both present. Is that true?"
    "Yes. They were concerned about their son. He had been missing for a long time and they were worried. I think most couples would be fighting."
    "We're not here to judge, Mrs. Frost. We just take notes of the facts," the other officer said.
    "Did Mr. Colombo seem threatening to you?" the first officer asked.
    "What do you mean by threatening?" I asked. I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable. I didn't like to add more to the case against Alonzo Colombo. A thought had entered my mind, put there by Victor.
    What if he was innocent?
    "Was he being threatening towards Mrs. Colombo?" the officer continued.
    I exhaled. I had to tell them the truth. "Well. He was angry. That was very obvious," I said diplomatically.
    "We’ve been told that he threw a lamp against the wall and shattered it. Is this true?"
    I nodded, seeing all the headlines in the newspapers before my eyes. I exhaled. I had to tell them what I saw.
    "That is the truth, yes. He threw the lamp."
    "Thank you so much, Mrs. Frost. That was all we wanted to know," the first officer said and got up from the couch. "Enjoy the rest of your cruise."
     

20
    April 2014
    I DIDN'T FEEL GOOD about myself once the officers had left. I didn't quite understand why I felt this way, since I had seen the man yell at his wife and act with great anger. There was no reason for me to think he was innocent.
    Except for what Victor said.
    I sighed and grabbed another beer from the mini-bar. What did Victor even know about this case? He hadn't been with me in the room. He didn't see how angry Alonzo Colombo was at his wife.
    But he did know that the wife needed a doctor. He did know that she was dead before you told him anything.
    I shook my head and turned on the TV in my suite. After all, I had only told the officers the truth. They already knew he had thrown that lamp from the doctor's statement. Nothing I said could change their minds about Mr. Colombo anyway.
    I switched the channel. An old episode of Friends was on. It was in Italian. I watched it anyway. I knew what it was about. It was the one where Chandler decided to try and commit to a relationship with Janice and screwed it all up by getting too clingy and needy. I didn't understand much of what they said, but it didn't matter. I just needed something to take my mind off the murder. I knew it would be hard for me to sleep.
    Chandler was eating ice cream with Monica and Rachel when I went for some chocolate from the mini-bar. I ate it all, but it didn't make me feel any better. I looked out the big windows leading to my balcony and wondered if we would be able to depart at midnight as promised. It was pitch dark outside, nothing but the endless ocean. I thought about my home and my family. I had to admit, I was actually pretty stoked about my