Chapter 16 - THE SECOND AUDIO FILE

The emergency protocol captured Barbara after paramedics removed me.
Police remained.
Her voice:
“You made this look criminal.”
Richard:
“You took her keys.”
Barbara:
“You agreed.”
Richard:
“I said for ten minutes.”
Barbara:
“You said until Linda came.”
Silence.
Then:
RICHARD:
I thought she was overreacting.
BARBARA:
She always overreacts.
RICHARD:
She’s thirty-four weeks with twins.
Barbara:
Women have delivered twins at home for thousands of years.
Richard:
That doesn’t mean we should.
Barbara:
Then why did you let me set it up?
There.
May you like
The sentence he could not answer.
Why did you let me?