She also thought that Heather told her father to do it.

"See if you can get any of them answered, Heather," he told her softly.

Whether it was in pain or relief, Heather couldn't tell.

Heather came straight here with the stone and told me what happened.

When Heather finally tells her mother "nothing happened," she's close to the truth.

Heather could tell by his tone of voice that it wasn't.

Heather told me to cover for her if you called my house.

When a police officer comes to investigate, Heather tells him of the missing students.

That would explain the shiver as well, Heather told herself.

She must be practising for when her child was old enough to listen, Heather told herself.