Della has told the narrator that she refuses to report Paul’s death to the police.

She dipped her hand into the bag and brought out a .38 automatic. “You’ll stay where you are,” she said softly, and pointed the gun at me.
Neither she nor I moved. “Don’t do anything stupid,” she said, and her voice was as hard and as cold as a chunk of ice.
“Have you gone crazy?” I said, not moving.” put it down!” “I believe this is the most important moment in my life,” she said. “You and I are the only two who know Paul is dead. You don’t realize yet how essential it is that no one else should know. Now listen, Johnny, you can either come in with me or I’m going to kill you. There’s no ether way I can be certain you’ll keep your mouth shut.” “There isn’t time to tell you what it’s all about,” she went on. “But if you come in with me you’ll make money: big money, Johnny.” “What do you want me to do?” I said. “Take his clothes off and put yours on him,” she said. “They’ve got to think it was you who died in the car.” “No, they won’t. You’re going to put him back in the car and set fire to it” “I can’t do that! Now wait…” “You’ll do it or I’ll have to get rid of you, Johnny. There’s no other alternative.”

Della a dit le narrateur qu'elle refuse de signaler le décès de Paul à la police.

Elle plongea sa main dans le sac et en sortit un automatique 0,38.
«Vous resterez où vous êtes», dit-elle doucement, et pointé l'arme vers moi.
Ni elle ni moi déplacée.
«Ne pas faire de bêtises», dit-elle, et sa voix était aussi dur et froid comme un morceau de glace.
«Avez-vous devenu fou?" J'ai dit, ne bouge pas. "Mettre bas!"
"Je crois que c'est le moment le plus important dans ma vie», dit-elle. "Vous et moi sommes les deux seuls qui savent Paul est mort. Vous ne réalisez pas encore combien il est essentiel que personne ne doit savoir. Maintenant, écoutez, Johnny, vous pouvez soit venir avec moi ou je vais te tuer. Il n'ya aucun moyen d'éther que je peux être