“Here, in this house. Brix would leave the White House in the afternoons and come here for an hour or so. Do you want to know what we did?”
Stone ignored the question. “Do you know of anyone else Mr. Kendrick was seeing?”
“Milly Hart,” she said. “She was before me. He admitted that to me.”
“Were you jealous of Mrs. Hart?”
“Certainly not!” she said indignantly. “Why would I be jealous of that little tramp?”
“Are you aware that Milly Hart was having an affair with anyone besides Brixton Kendrick?”
She thought for a moment. “No,” she murmured, aware that she had just called herself a tramp.
“Mrs. Brandon, what were your movements on the day Mrs. Kendrick died?”
“Am I a suspect? Am I under arrest? I want an attorney.”
“Mrs. Brandon, you’ve been watching too much Law & Order. It’s a simple question: where were you that day?”
“All day?”
“That would be helpful.”
“I slept late, then I went to my monthly garden club luncheon.”
“How long were you there?”
“From noon until around three. I was giving a presentation. After that, I had tea at a friend’s house, and no, I will not tell you who that was, until we’re in a courtroom.”
“Did you see Mr. Kendrick at all that day?”
“No, I did not. The last time was the day before.”
“How would you describe his frame of mind?” Stone asked.
“Serene. Brix was always serene. That’s why I was surprised he killed himself.”
“Why do you think he killed himself?”
“I should think it was obvious. He killed his own wife, for God’s sake!”
“Did it surprise you when you heard of her death?”
“Of course it surprised me.”
“Did you think Mr. Kendrick was the sort of man who would kill his wife?”
“Certainly not! Not for a moment.”
“Did he ever say to you that he wanted out of his marriage?”
“No, never. He and Mimi were devoted to each other. He just had a very powerful sex drive.”
Stone closed his notebook. “Thank you for seeing us, Mrs. Brandon,” he said. “Can you tell me where Milly Hart lives?”
“Certainly not, I barely know the woman.”
She led them to the door, and after looking both ways up and down the street, she let them out without a word and slammed the door behind them.