Helmer made his comment straight-faced and with so much conviction that even Rollie thought he was telling the truth.
"What? Why would he want to talk to me? I wasn"t with you guys when you discovered Callie"s body. I haven"t been in that lab since…"
Claude rambled on and on about having to meet with Milkweed. His face reddened and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. He gradually lifted out of his chair as he denied, agonized, and swore an oath of innocence in the Callie murder case. He was so upset that he started to stutter and went into one of his famous sinus-clearing, snorting fits. His last statement before Rollie interceded was, "No damn way am I going to talk to that guy."
"Claude, calm down. Helmer was putting you on for God"s sake." When Claude realized he was the butt o
