38 A suspect!

For a few seconds, it was as if Mai's mind had gone blank. She didn't register the next words the detective was saying after he had barged in with the two police officers, but she had made out the first few words. It was what had got her head in this mess in the first place.

From watching countless TV shows, she could guess that they must be reading out her rights right now, before she would be brought in for questioning.

'What is this? How could I be the one getting arrested? I'm not a bad person! I don't think I could ever even hurt a fly, much less murder my husband!  A mosquito or something sure, but those things suck blood and spread disease, they need to be gotten rid of, but I can't be going to jail for killing a mosquito.'