She bows her head to accept the noose as he fits it around her neck, looking closely at it as it passes over her head. It was measured to her neck ear...lier this week. It looks like the traditional Western noose with 13 coils, but there is a knot in the running line to stop it when it's just tight enough to strangle her, but not quickly, and not to shut off the blood to her brain. She will be able to savor her hanging. At last everything is ready. Li Chang stands proudly with the noose around her. Well, Leroy can’t keep a secret, if you catch my drift. He spilled it all. Except Dennis, which he didn’t know about, of course. Hate to say it, but it’s true. But can you blame him? He’s so excited, like a giddy schoolboy at times!” Clayton laughed.“Guilty as charged,” Leroy blushed and shrugged, “sorry, guys.”“Hey, it’s cool. Just don’t tell a soul about this. We could all go to jail,” I chimed in again, breaking my silence during that heartwarming reunion.“Yeah, I have no wish to bend over. I'm a homicide detective, and I'm telling you that I have looked at the crime scene, and that I know your daughter. Given those two things, I don't think she did it. I believe her. Do you?"He held his hands over his eyes for a moment and nodded. "I can't believe she would do this. Fight with Kat, yes. Kill her, no. And kill Senator Cartwright, too? I just can't believe it." Then tell her that," I said forcefully. "Right now she feels all alone and is afraid you'll think the worst. You two need. "Not me, JennyThomas." I knew who she meant but I had to tease 'big Jenny' a bit."That's too much. Sandra has already warned us not to send over anymore toys. Not that she doesn't appreciate the thought, but that Jennyhas enough." I distinctly remember the little lecture we received fromMrs. Thomas when we came back from Disneyland Paris with a Cinderelladress for my wife's namesake. Sandra wasn't mad, just concerned thatwe were spoiling her youngest daughter. Jenny agreed with my.