"I was heading for the elevator when she opened her door and came into the hall with her dog. I had to get away from there fast. My God, he was on the floor bleeding. So I went back in and found the scarf to put around my head. She was down the block a little when I left, I don't know if she saw me."
"After I was jailed you relaxed, no one suspected you. You thought you could handle all your police friends. Then Sandy showed up. You didn't expect someone so sharp to start digging in on my behalf. So, you cozied up to me and invited me overnight, figuring you'd better get on the inside of our investigation to find out what we knew."
"You're mostly correct. I was attracted to you when we first met at the restaurant, until you came out with that crazy story. When I asked you up to dinner, I didn't intend to sleep with you. I thought I'd find out about your defense, and then you'd leave. Yet during the evening, I fell in love with you, Ray. Then I didn't want you to leave. That was love happening in my bed, I'm not an actress. I opened up to you as never before. That night my dream of a life with you started." Her eyes were glistening. "You don't have to tell anyone."
He was too angry at that moment to consider whether he had fallen in love with her. The relationship that had started beautifully had been instantly laid to waste when Sandy told him Tammy was the killer. "Tammy, you put me in jail and would have left me there. I not only lost my freedom I could have been convicted and executed."
"I was depressed, my life seemed so hopeless. Everything seemed upside down. I wouldn't have done it, if I had known how you really are. I never expected to find someone like you. We could still have a great life together. This doesn't have to mess up everything. They think Barner did it. They arrested Loraine. It's over. You and I can live with this since we love each other. We'll go away somewhere. We can do it. I'm not really a bad person. You don't have to say anything."
"We met too late, Tammy." He slowly shook his head and pointed up behind the booth. "That little black ball up there on that ledge, is a camera. Our conversation has been videotaped."
She froze. Her eyes went wide and her mouth opened. Then she frowned, her eyes narrowed and her face got red. She stared fiercely at him and through her clenched teeth mumbled, "You knew I loved you. I said as much to you, and I certainly showed you how much the other night. And you used that love to trick me."