We have our IDs out and ready. “I’m Detective Garda Stephen Moran,” Steve says, “and this is my partner, Detective Garda Antoinette Conway.” And he pauses. You always leave a gap there. Lucy doesn’t even look at the IDs. She says, sharp, “Is it Aislinn?” Which is why you leave the gap: it’s unbelievable what people will spill into it.
