Once she was back in her hotel room, Julie tried to put the confrontation with the stranger out of her mind. For a while, she’d been sure that she’d done just that and put it behind her. Then, when she saw Thompson, she began to have doubts. Is it possible, she thought to herself, that Thompson is keeping something from me?
No, her mind replied. Let it go. He has always been there to comfort me when I am down. He has always given me the benefit of the doubt, so don’t I owe it to him to do the same for him? Why would I trust the words of a creepy stranger over what I know to be true?
“I suspect him now, her mind replied, because, if it weren’t true, what motive would the stranger have, to go out of his way to tell me that I should suspect Thompson. Either way, if I believe the stranger or
