I handed her a tissue from the desk. I had a few more questions for her before I could let her go.
“The second man, Mr. Taylor, was he a regular customer?”
“No, I’d never seen him before that I recall.”
“How about the robber?”
“He wasn’t familiar either.” She shuddered and hugged her arms around herself. “I’m probably going to see his face in nightmares.”
I felt puzzled. It was natural to be scared, but Penny Burrows seemed close to outright terror, even now. “When he spoke to you, what did he say to scare you so much?”
“He just repeated what his note said, that he’d kill me if I didn’t give him all the money.”
I blinked. “The note said that?”
“Yes. I gave it to that Sergeant—Pepper?—when he brought me in here. When can I go home? Is…has the body been removed?”
“I’ll check on that
