“I mean names of suspects.”
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“Oh,” Molly said. “No, I can’t give you those names.”
“Why not,” someone yelled.
“Don’t want to,” Molly said.
“When do you expect an arrest?”
“Or arrests,” Molly said. “As soon as we develop our leads more fully.”
“Do you have a timetable?”
“Oh, absolutely,” Molly said. “ASAP. Margie, you have a question?”
“I understand the governor has become actively involved in the case,” a woman said.
“He has?” Molly said. “I’ll be damned.”
“You didn’t know that?” Margie said.
“Nope,” Molly said. “Had no idea.”
“Is there a political overtone to this case,” a man said.
“Here,” Molly said, “in the Bay State? Hard to imagine.”
“Are you saying the governor is involved and you don’t know it?”
“I’m not saying what the governor’s involved in,” Molly answered. “I have no knowledge of any involvement by the governor in this case.”
“Are you implying that his involvement is useless?”
“No.”
“Useful?”
“What part of ‘no knowledge’ don’t you understand, Jim?”
Molly said.
“What’s the governor’s position on this case?”
“I don’t know,” Molly said.
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“He’s not made it clear?”
“I haven’t spoken with the governor,” Molly said.
“About this case?”
“About anything,” Molly said. “I’ve never met him in my life.”
“Has Chief Stone spoken with the governor?”
“Don’t know,” Molly said.
