Spinning Man Page #4

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Uh...

- I don't think so.

- You could have?

I don't remember meeting

somebody with that name,

but I meet a lot of young

people at the college.

It's conceivable that I met her.

What I'm sure of is that

i don't know if I have.

When we asked if you'd heard

of her disappearance,

you said, "she was

a cheerleader, right?"

Do you remember saying that?

Yeah.

"She was a cheerleader"?

Well, I was speaking offhand.

I'm sure she still

is a cheerleader,

except that she's missing,

and I'm...

I'm guessing she's not off

cheerleading somewhere.

Philosophy.

"I think, therefore I am,"

that kind of thing?

Well, I teach descartes

in my intro class,

but I specialize in linguistics,

the philosophy of language.

Oh. Um...

Pardon my ignorance,

but what does a philosopher do?

What's so funny?

Uh, well, it's one of the

great questions, isn't it?

You might consider philosophy

the logical

clarification of thoughts.

But I'm more of a teacher

than a practicing philosopher.

This is relevant somehow, is it?

We never know what's relevant

until we hear it.

You might consider

crime investigation

the logical clarification

of evidence.

You live close by the lake,

don't you?

You ever go up there?

Yeah, sometimes.

Did you ever rent a kayak?

No.

You ever remember

seeing a young girl,

17, brunette, worked

around the kayak stand?

Uh, can't say that I do.

You mean you don't remember?

That's right. I don't remember

seeing a young girl,

uh, let alone a brunette one,

working at the kayak rental.

I've never been

to the kayak rental.

I've... I've never sent anybody

to the kayak rental.

In fact, I've never even thought

about the kayak rental

until now, till you bring it up.

You enjoying yourself?

Hmm. Well,

too bad about your memory.

Right.

Thank you for your time,

professor.

I'm not under arrest anymore?

You never were.

We have your numbers, so we'll

contact you again if we need you.

At my office, please.

Of course. Thanks for your help.

You're welcome.

Everything's fine.

I just answered some questions,

and then I left.

What did they want to know?

Uh, well, where I'd been,

how long I was there,

whether I'd met, um...

What's her name?

- Joyce bonner.

- Bonner, yeah.

Had you...

Met her?

Why would I have?

I just told them

everything I knew,

they thanked me,

and that was that.

You didn't save a plate,

did you? I'm really starved.

- A plate?

- Yeah.

Adam cried for an hour,

because he thought

you went to jail.

You're acting

like this is my fault.

They just wanted

to look in the car.

There's a thing called

the fourth amendment.

Oh, my god.

A girl is missing, Evan.

I know. I know.

Has it even crossed your mind?

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