From MORTAL TOUCH by Inanna Arthen:
Detective Fellman nodded. “What did you think when you saw Miss Standish at the wake?”
“I just about fainted from shock. I didn’t know what to think.”
“Why didn’t you call her presence to the attention of the funeral home staff?”
“I was too stunned. I didn’t want to create a disruption at the wake. I took Veronica’s hand and led her outside, so I could ask her what was going on.”
“And did she tell you what was going on?”
“She was very uncommunicative.”
“Why didn’t you take her to the emergency room immediately to be checked out?”
“Veronica hated hospitals. She didn’t want to go.”
“So she was communicating well enough to indicate that.”
“She was communicating very clearly indeed by the time we parted. Very clearly.” Regan could feel herself grimacing at the memory, and tried to smooth her expression, but she could see that Detective Fellman had noticed. He was watching her so intently, he couldn’t miss the slightest change in her face.
“You said that she didn’t tell you anything about her plans, when she left you.”
“Nothing. She seemed very…purposeful. She seemed to have something in mind. She got out of my car and just went walking off. I tried to…to ask her some questions, but…” Regan had to blink, because the memory of Veronica spinning around and throwing her hand off was suddenly so clear, the room around her had momentarily vanished. She realized that she had raised her hand, the one Veronica flung off, from the table top and uncomfortably put it back down. She looked up and saw Detective Fellman leaning back, his expression calculating.
There was a pause, and then he said, “Did she hurt you, Ms. Calloway?”
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