"There was nothing much at first," Namira said, continuing in the same slow, steady tone she had been using since the conversation began. "Your records were clean—nothing unusual, nothing out of order. I even double-checked because I thought maybe someone had tampered with something, but everything was perfectly normal. At least that's what I thought until I saw the actual report and—"
"This is insane. Whatever you hope to find you won't —" Dora cut in sharply, unable to hold herself back, but Namira kept talking right through her interruption.
"—and imagine my shock," Namira continued smoothly without pausing for even a second, "when I found out your mother committed suicide by jumping in front of a bus."
"It was actually a pretty gory and horrific death from what my private investigator found out. Memorable even!" She emphasized not feeling the slightest thread of discomfort as she talked about a woman's death like it was nothing but entertainment.
