“It was Steinmann who answered the call,” said Dad quickly. “I'd managed to drag Rex to the bank, tried to resuscitate him, but I was too late.” He shook his head. “He'd been dead for hours. There was nothing anyone could have done.” Dad stood up, went over to the window. “They took the body away in an ambulance, early this morning, before you were awake. That's when you saw me, coming back from the lake. Steinmann told me someone will come and ask questions, Dan. A detective.” He looked back over his shoulder. “You have to tell them everything you know, Dan. Coming so soon after Mr. Spencer, they are suspicious.”
“Suspicious? Suspicious about what? They can't think there's a link between the two deaths, can they?” His Dad stared in silence, unblinking. “But that's madness, Dad. You said
