“No one has touched you inappropriately?”

“No.”

“No one has hurt you in any way?”

“No.”

“What about the gun?”

“What about it?”

“How did you know about it?”

“I saw it in Izabel’s bag.”

“She didn’t show it to you?”

“No.”

“Did Cami know about it?”

“No.”

“Did you feel more safe with a gun in the house or less safe or the same?”

“More safe.”

“Is that why you didn’t tell anyone about the gun? You wanted Izabel to have it in the house even though it’s against the law?”

“Yes.”

“Do you know about Cami’s sleep-talking?”

“Yes.”

“Have you seen her do it?”

“Yes.”

“What do you think about it?”

“I think she’s talking to someone.”

“Who?”

“I don’t know.”

“Not her parents?”

“No. Someone who knows things no one can know.”

“Like where the killer is?”

“Yes.”

“What do you think about that?”

“It doesn’t make any sense.”

“Does it make you scared?”

“Kind of.”

“Does it make you scared of Cami?”

“No, she’s just a kid.”

“Do you have any thoughts about how she might be having these conversations, or why?”

“I know nobody else thinks she’s having them, which makes you all pretty stupid.”

Opa smiled. “What do you want to happen next, Jana?”

“I want to go back to Izabel and Kaito and Cami.”

“And what then?”

“I don’t know. Go back home.”

“Izabel and Kaito are worried the killer saw where you live, when Izabel carried you back to the house.”

“I should’ve shot him,” Jana said quietly.

“Really?” Opa said. “It’s a big thing to kill another person. That stays with you for the rest of your life.”

“I wouldn’t feel bad about it.”

“Maybe not. But you’d remember it.”

Jana didn’t say anything.

“Do you think Cami is safe with Izabel and Kaito?”

“Yes.”

“Do you think Cami is safe with you?”

“Me?”

“You’re telling me you wouldn’t feel bad about killing another person.”

“A murderer! Who is terrorizing a whole town!”

“I know that. But I’m asking you to consider, are you a person who is safe for a child to be around right now?”

Jana’s eyes looked around her body, at her left arm, her right leg, her right knee. “I’m good with Cami. I’m good—”

“I don’t mean to upset you,” Opa interrupted. “And I don’t think you would be a bad person if you couldn’t be around Cami right now. You suffered a tremendous trauma. It’s hard to come out of that and be—” But Opa didn’t name anything in particular. “I think you’re right. I think your relationship with Cami is a good one. She speaks very highly of you.”

“If we can’t go home, where do we go after this?”