Chapter 29
The air in the school, which was supposed to be filled with the children's frenzied vigor, was heavy and damp . With detectives in and out, scene of the deceased victims marked with white chalk on the backyard and rooftop--except for the drowned child in the pool--even an elementary school had no choice but to lose its vitality . Even during the break, the children did not run around with vigorous activity and they stumbled around to avoid the detectives .
He looked at the playground, where the children were spacing out, then Jude opened his mouth with a slight murmur .
" . . . . . . you go . I'm below zero in my ability to communicate with kids . "
"Why, they're cute, aren’t they? It's a twinkle in the eye . "
"Is that cute? I'm scared . . . . . forget it, I'll just take notes on the side . Now, what class did you say?"
The first child to be found and asked was an 11-year-old girl who was close to the first deceased . The girl's eyes, with blonde curly hair tied in pigtails, were still a little red . With two policemen in front of her, Tim leaned slightly from his seat to meet the stiff child's eye level .
"Clara? I'm going to ask you a few questions, so can you answer honestly?"
"Ye, yes, yes . "
"Before Reeve died, was there anything strange? I mean, he suddenly got close to a stranger, or someone watching Reeve from afar . "
Rolling her brown eyes for a moment, the child turned to Tim with a vague face .
"I don't know . . . . . . . I don't know . I didn't see him with strange adults . But he’s been saying a lot that he’s having a hard time lately . And wants to go some…where . "
"Ah, did Reeve say that his mother died recently?"
"Yes, his dad's having a hard time, and he's having a hard time with his dad . . . . . . and said dad's not nice, and he's only very angry . So . . . . . . . . . . maybe that's why Reeve . . . . . . . "
The child began to cry, and Tim stroked the child's head for a moment with a face that swallowed something bitter . As he soothed the red-eyed child, wondering what else to ask, the insincere Jude's voice snapped at the child .
"What about strange friends?"
"hikkeuk . . . . . . . yeah?"
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