I doubted this was a story my editor would be into, a random 36-year-old cold case from my time in high school that might have a perfectly reasonable explanation for where it stood.

我怀疑这是我的编辑会喜欢的故事，一个随机的 36 岁的悬案，来自我高中时代，可能对它的位置有一个完全合理的解释。