Page 99 of The Happy Month
“No. I was not.”
“You did not know of his relationship with your husband until nineteen-ninety?”
“No. I did not know.”
“There’s no reason to ask questions twice, Miss Gonzalez.”
“How did your husband obtain the gun that killed Pete Michaels?”
“From Andy Showalter.”
“He told you that?”
“Yes.”
“When did he tell you that?”
“When he threatened me.”
“So, the two of you had a much longer conversation than you’ve indicated.”
“It might have been.”
“Is there anything else you haven’t mentioned?”
She shook her head.
Lydia asked, “Since we’re on tape, would you please say no.”
“No.”
“Did he tell you why Andy Showalter got him a gun?”
“No.”
“Do you know why he didn’t get a gun himself?”
“No.”
“Did you know Andy Showalter well?”
“I didn’t know him at all.”
“Can you tell me why he’d make drawings of you?”
“Because he was a freak. Everyone knows that.”
“How did your husband convince Andy to perjure himself at Larry Wilkes trial?”
“I don’t know.”
“What leverage did he have over Mr. Showalter?”
“She just said she doesn’t know,” Colcott said.
Again, Lydia looked over Sammy’s shoulder at the artwork.
I thought this an interesting angle. In the original trial there was no real reason for Andy Showalter to obtain the gun for Larry Wilkes, but his counsel didn’t follow up on it. That wouldn’t be happening this time. The only logical reason for Showalter to get a gun for anyone would be to get it for a sixteen-year-girl. Sammy.
