"Yeah." There's no point in lying. It was a mistake. He'd known it was a mistake as soon as he saw Sy's reaction. He'd thought it would just be a relief that there was another viable suspect. Evercreech was almost as built as Sy, he hated him, he was smart or whatever. Sy had an out. It was good news.

And then everything happened. Aren't Cash and Evercreech friends or something? And he's trusted Reid with that detail. Because he's a senior prefect and people trust you when you're a senior prefect, even if you're an idiot who just says or doesn't say shit. "I didn't think that would happen. He's been better."