Chapter 37
By six o’clock that evening Nina was sitting in an interview room at the Moree Police Station. The air was stale and warm, and smelled faintly of perspiration. Her mind was in a whirl. Detective Inspector Reed had asked her so many questions about the day Max disappeared, often getting her to repeat things or clarify her answers. He’d warned her to try not to anticipate where the questions were going, but she couldn’t help herself. What if she was somehow hurting Dad’s case? The Detective Inspector took copious notes as well as recording the interview. Every sound was magnified: the scratching pen, the rustling papers, the throb of blood in her ears.
Mum went in next. Afterwards they sat together, waiting for news. It seemed like forever before Dad and his lawyer came into the
