Single Quotes

“would definitely have been filed, and reported to the police as well.’ I bite down on my tongue. What is he saying? That I’m lying? ‘I am not doubting what you say,’ he adds hurriedly, breaking the terse silence. ‘Just that I will need to investigate this issue further with my colleagues.’ He asks me to put everything in an email and send it to him personally. When I end the call, I sit for a moment with my head in my hands. My first thought is that I’ve hit yet another brick wall but it’s swiftly followed by a far more troubling conclusion.”
― K.L. Slater, Single