You're too fast,' he said. "What are you calling the cops for?" "They want to talk to you,' I said slowly. 'Because you know a woman who knows a man who had sore feet. "Does it have to be that way?' He looked hot, and pulled his shirt open at the neck. "No but only if you stop playing with me and start talking.' 'OK, calm down," said Madder, putting a cigarette in his mouth with a shaking hand. "So talk,' I said. "If you've got a job, it's probably too dirty for me to touch. But I can listen.' He was calmer now. "The thing is this,' he said. "Carol saw you go to the house and leave it again, but no cops came.