“We"re going to do everything we can to do that, Mrs. Lucas,” Meyer answered as best she could, not wanting to raise false hopes in the girl"s parents, just in case they failed to find their daughter"s murderer.
“Did your daughter have any boyfriends?” Meyer next asked the couple.
“No, she was too determined to complete her studies and fulfil her ambition of working with animals,” David replied. “She said there"d be time for boyfriends later, and I must say, I agreed with her. She was a clever girl, Sergeant Meyer. She was so lucky too, to be able to study locally at the university here instead of having to travel elsewhere in the country like most students do.”
That was when the paradox attached to his words struck David Lucas.
“Well, at the time, we thought it was lucky. Now, of cour
