“I don’t know where we were. I wasn’t driving. Xena Simatou was.” His eyes widen at the mentionof Xena’s name, and I hope I’m onto something now. I barrel on ahead. “She stopped the car, and Itold Elise to get out. She did, and now, I don’t know where she—”
I nod. “Yes. I already said that. She was driving, and I—”
He holds up a hand to stop me. “You told your sister to get out of a moving vehicle?”
“No! It was stopped. Xena let her get out, but now, I can’t find her and—”
“You told your sister to get out of the car?” he asks slowly. “The car that Xena Simatou was driving?And now you’re upset because she isn’t with you?”
It’s obvious he doesn’t believe me. It’s just as obvious that he recognizes Xena’s name. The fullimplications of her name.
I grit my teeth. “Yes, but
