At first Mel just looked at him, waiting for the punchline, or the smirk and line something like, "and pigs can fly!" But it didn't happen.

"You're serious," she said, fingers falling still where they had been picking at the slightly torn edge of the lid of the cup. "That's what you were doing, when I was standing there, you were seeing someone shoot that woman." It was said as a statement, not a question, as she had already skyrocketed past the obvious answer and started wondering what else he could 'see'. "Could you see who did it? Or do you see only one point of view, or are you the bullet? What did you see?" Deflection came naturally to her as she had had to do it for a long time.

"And who was the guy in the car?"