In addition, Dave didn't want to believe. He desperately wished to reject Larry's claims without giving them a second thought. If Larry had told the truth, the implications would be staggering; Dave didn't want to consider such possibilities for even an instant.
Larry had lied. That was the only logical conclusion, the only sane conclusion.
Dave wanted to believe that Larry had lied...and yet, he couldn't be absolutely sure, one-hundred-percent sure that the killer had told no truth. However outrageous the story had been, however unreliable Larry's word had been in the past, there was still a chance--not much of one, perhaps, but still a chance--that the killer's account hadn't been wholly fabricated.
There were still things which couldn't be explained, things which prevented Dave fr
