Sarah leaned back on her chair pondering what she had just learned. Detective Hudson was not ready for her. She just said that to Deanne because she wanted to get off the phone, and also because she needed time to think clearly. It was an interesting piece of information she got from Deanne, who had been dating a black youth who rode a red Honda Odyssey car, of whom her mother (Diana) disapproved. Surely it had to be more than a coincidence that the black youth in a red car had driven by 102, Massachusetts Avenue when Ryan and Sarah were standing in the drive on Saturday morning. Twice. Was it possible that Deanne's boyfriend, who had been tired of Deanne's mother telling her daughter that she could not date him, had taken matters into his own hands and gotten rid of Diana? And then, be

