“I’m going to jail?”

I nodded reluctantly.

“Well, what about bail?”

“It is very hard to get bail on a murder charge. And even if I could get something set, you don’t have the-”

Another piercing wail filled the tiny room. I lost my patience.

“Lisa! Stop doing that! Now listen, your life is at stake here, okay? You have to calm down and listen to me. I am your attorney and I will do my best to get you out of here but it’s going to take some time. Now listen to my questions and answer them without all the-”

“What about my son? What about Tyler?”

“Someone from my office is making contact with your sister and we will arrange for him to be with her until we can get you out.”

I was very careful not to introduce a hard time line for her release. Until we can get you out. As far as I was concerned, that might be days, weeks or even years. It might never happen. But I did not need to get specific.

Lisa nodded as if there was some relief in knowing her son would be with her sister.

“What about your husband? You have a contact number for him?”

“No, I don’t know where he is and I don’t want you contacting him anyway.”

“Not even for your son?”

“Especially not for my son. My sister will take care of him.”

I nodded and let it go. Now was not the time to ask about her failed marriage.

“Okay, calmly now, let’s talk about this morning. I have the disc from the detectives but I want to go over this myself. You said you were home when Detective Kurlen and his partner arrived. What were you doing?”

“I was… I was on the computer. I was sending e-mails.”

“Okay, to who?”

“To my friends. To people in FLAG. I was telling them that we were going to meet tomorrow at the courthouse at ten and to bring the placards.”

“Okay, and when the detectives showed up, what exactly did they say?”

“The man did all the talking. He-”