"Yes, to some extent. He's scared of her threat. But he's been after me since the first. Every time he sees me, he corners me and tries to feel me. He puts his awful breath in my face and describes his, you know...his arousal to me. Now he's free to do what he wants."
"Why now?"
"Because the game is over. He knew the plan was important to La Familia while Albert was alive. Pirro fooling around with me in the middle of things could mess up everything. So, it was hands off until now. La Familia doesn't need me for the plan now, because Albert's no longer a political threat. They have what they want, and Pirro has a green light with me. If he touches me, I'll get sick. My perfect lover is dead, and I'm running from both Pirro and the police."
She was crying again so Sandy changed the subject, "Do you have a red and blue scarf?"
"Yes I do, silk with red and blue triangles. I got it at Macys years ago. I wear accessory scarves a lot."
"Do you know where it is right now?"
"I suppose you found it, huh? I left it at Albert's with my white leather jacket in the small closet off the master bath. That doesn't mean I was there when he was killed. I have other things there too."
"Okay. So, you don't work at the restaurant. You don't have to be back at the restaurant every day at four before it opens?"
"No, why?"
"Were you in his apartment the day he was killed?"
"Am I supposed to answer these questions?"
Sandy reached in her purse. "Here's the card of Detective Goddard. He's a straight shooter and he needs your help. He needs your fingerprints, your DNA and what you saw and when. All that."
"Sure, and then he arrests me."
Sandy had a momentary guilty thought that she'd rather see this cookie behind bars than her brother. Then it would be a fast trip back to Philly. Still, she had to be honest with her. "The detective needs your help to catch the real killer. But if you killed Towson, or were even in his apartment that day, you need to immediately get yourself a lawyer."
"I just want to go back to my life in Tampa."
"The police will find you. They have evidence you've been in the apartment. And you still must keep Pirro from getting to you and your mom."
"Maybe I'll get a gun. Maybe he'll have an accident."
"Would you kill Towson, if the family ordered you to?"