Linger Awhile

19 Medical Examiner Harrison Burke

13 January 2004. John Hunter said to me, ‘Harry, what are you saying?’

‘What’s in my report,’ I told him, ‘that’s what I’m saying.’

‘OK, so Istvan Fallok left saliva on Rose Harland’s neck?’

‘I didn’t say that, I only said there was a match with his 10th January sample.’

‘So how’d his saliva get on her neck? Did he suck her blood? Is he the murderer we’re looking for?’

‘I can’t answer that.’

‘And Justine Trimble’s 10th January sample matches Chauncey Lim’s of the same date? What about that? Heavy kissing?’

‘I have no explanation for that.’

‘So what are you saying?’

‘Just what I’ve said.’

‘That’s it?’

‘That’s it from me.’