“Who else would I be asking about?” Jackson asked, his impatience finally starting to show.
“I never saw her before in my life,” Tony said, the words coming as fast as his tongue would allow. “At least not until I found her. I didn’t know her name. And I didn’t kill her. I did NOT kill her. I…”
“Easy,” Jackson said. “If I thought you’d killed her, Mr. Lang, you’d be wearing cuffs right now.”
“Then why…”
“Can’t rule anything out just yet.”
Can’t rule anything out just yet, Tony thought. Fuck you, pal. You practically accuse me of murder, damn near give me a heart attack…
“Listen, Mr. Lang,” Jackson explained, his tone back to infinite calm. “At this stage of the investigation, we don’t know what we’re dealing with yet. We are going to handle this the best we can.