Stevens had noticeably begun to regain his composure. He sipped his soda mechanically, listening intently, wishing that Walker would cut to the chase.
“By contrast,” continued Walker, “Hannah Morgan left a message on the voicemail of my personal cell phone, as I mentioned in the briefing, at 3:13 a.m. on October 31. You will recall that she claimed at that time that someone had killed the people in your jurisdiction.”
“Yea.”
“What impressed me about Hannah Morgan was her devout reverence for this collection and her desire to return it safely to the Gardner. Nowhere in any message she has communicated to me has she demanded the reward.”
“But she clearly knows about it,” indicated Stevens.
“Perhaps she does,” responded Walker. “She unmistakably needs the money, but her motivation s
