Where the Sun Sets
Barsky pushed back on her chair and twisted a pencil thoughtfully between her
two index fingers and thumbs. "How can you be sure Antonia, Ms. Dal Santo, saw the
gunman? I thought the two of you were having a dispute at the time of the shooting.
Perhaps your disagreement had become physical. Perhaps someone witnessed the event
and decided they did not want Ms. Dal Santo to put her hands on you in anger.
Perhaps it was the shooter who was saving your life."
"That's insane. You can't possibly believe that. Anthony would never hurt me.
She could never hurt anyone. Yes, we were having an argument, although I could not
tell you what it was about at the moment. But Anthony would never lay a finger on me
in anger. I know this first hand." She giggled a little. "Lord knows I have given
her more than enough reason to take a swing. She could do some serious damage
though. I have seen her bust a nose with one shot. And Billy can tell you about her
martial arts training. She was some big body guard for the Sisters of Mercy over in
Calcutta." It was Josephine's turn to sit back in thought. "You know," she added,
"I have known Anthony my whole life, and I have never seen her lose her temper, not
once. I have never seen her angry."
"Never?" Barsky let the word hang in the air for a moment before continuing.
"You said you witnessed her bust a nose. She wasn't angry when she did this? What,
was it an accident?"
"No, I mean I don't..." Josephine stopped to think.
"You don't what?"
"I don't think she was angry when it happened. I don't think Anthony...it just
kinda happened. She was...well she was protecting me. She just walked up from out of
nowhere and popped the guy. She didn't look angry. Come to think of it, she didn't
look anything. Ya know? Kinda like she knew she was in control and it came natural.
She grabbed my arm and we left. We never talked about it but I never got the
impression she was angry, just confident. She made me feel confident, so it just
kinda dropped. We never brought it up again. I know it sounds strange, but honest,
I have never known Anthony to get angry."
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