that they could have seen anything were quite low. Thomas, who was a suspect, should go in a police custody. They decided to met Jean-Luc at the police station at 9 pm, to write the Thomas' statement and gather all their clues.
The prosecutor finally came to greet Thomas. He first offered hist condolence to Thomas, but could not help not asking him some questions.
- Do you know if she had any relatives, friends, that we can warn?
Thomas was ill-at-ease in front of this man much older than him, much more respected than him.
- No, she was an orphan, and from what she told me, her nurse passed over.
The prosecutor seemed suprised:
- But, she has no friends, no family?
- She was very discret about her life, I believe that she had an aunt on the Ré Island, some acquaintances in the Alps, in Nancy, maybe Grenoble, but I can't give you any names.
- Did she work? For how long have you been knowing her?
- No, she didn't work. We were living together for nearly 4 years.
- And she did not introduce you to any friends in four years?
- Well, no, she has always been very reserved.
Thomas showed some nervousness signs, the prosecutor felt them.
- I see, well, I do not disturb you more, whatever the investigation will take care of all that. The security branch should call me when they find something.
The prosecutor greeted Thomas and left him to join the superintendent. Thomas left ten minutes later with Sthéphane to go to the Versailles Police Station, his working place.
Jean-Luc confirmed that the neighbours went home late and didn't see anything, of course, as well as Miss Marin and Miss Louis, who did not go out befor 7 pm with such a heat. Thomas'deposition was fast, as he was, for the whole day, from 9 am to 7 pm, with Stéphane, and that, if the forensic expert expectations were correct, would exonerate him completely. However Thomas stayed more than tow hours in police custody, but this was mainly an opportunity for the three policemen to check the few elements they knew about the Seth timetable. She had gone back to Paris the eve after two weeks of vacations in the Alps, Thomas did not know where precisely, and he saw her for the last time in the morning, she was sleeping when he left his home. She seemed very tired lastly. He repeated what he said to the prosecutor, that he didn't know any Seth's relatives or friends ; the ones who know her would discover her murder in the next day newspapers.
Thomas, Stéphane and Jean-Luc did not wait for the last prosecutor's call nor the superintendent's one, they preferred to leave and try to come early to the office the next morning. Thomas could not sleep at his home, so Stéphane offered him to stay at his apartment, Thomas will go to his mother's house the next days, but for the short night left, the flat of Stéphane inside Versailles would be more convenient. Thomas did not sleep this night, or not more than a few tens of minutes. He could not move on the small sofa, and he was sleeping on his belly usually. Moreover his burn was hurting him too much. What would he do? Would he be doing the investigation? Would he be authorized to do it? Maybe that would be better if he could do it, alter all... He cried, for a long time, so much than his eyes were burning him on the morning, when this blasted Sthéphane's alarm clock finally decided to ring.
He had slept in the lounge, he waited that Stéphane arrived to get up. Just one coffee, two coffees, he was not hungry. Stéphane borrowed him some underwear and a shirt. He dressed up in the bathroom, not that he did not feel comfortable being nude in front of Stéphane, but he must cured his burn, and hide it
Ten minutes were enough for Stéphane to go to the Police Station. Stéphane rarely got up before 7.30am, but usually he