Derek watched her drink the water, he said. “I've been lying in my room for the past two days, so I don't know. Maybe he fell.”

Derek doesn't want to tell her the truth.

Bertha didn't want to continue getting involved in this, so she returned to the main topic. “Charity party that night, what are you going to do?”

Derek had just opened his lips, he hadn't spoken yet, Bertha was already staring at him, reminding him. “I want to hear the truth.”

“I was in Zillah's car, going ...