Chapter 2Two hours later, they sat in the interrogation room at Halsworthy’s police station. Joyce, Matt’s mom, had fussed over him. Robert, Matt’s dad, had grunted and inspected the photographs taken of the cut at the back of Nico’s head and the swelling on his face. David, Matt’s brother, had crossed his arms over his chest and glared at Nico without saying a word. Nico didn’t know what he’d done, but David had never liked him.
“Okay.” Matt put a recorder on the table. “Tell me, from the beginning, what happened.”
Nico took a deep breath and was about to speak when the door banged open. Amber, Matt’s younger sister, burst into the room. “My God, Nico! Mom called me.”
Nico looked past Amber to where Joyce was standing. Robert appeared behind her, and it didn’t take more than a second o
