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You&039;re absolutely certain you&039;ve never seen the woman beforei

"Yes Certain"

Did she speak your first or last namei

"No, I don&039;t no"

Did she speak the baby&039;s namei

"No"

Did she have an accenti

"Southern," Laura said "But different So these questions through a tranquilized haze, and the voice of the police lieutenant na tunnel Two other y-faced chief of security for the hospital, and a younger police questioned in another roo - who&039;d returned fro bout in a bar near his office - were down in the administration office

Laura had to concentrate hard on what Garrick was asking her The drugs had done a strange nuue while herdown into troughs like a runaway roller-coaster

a southern accenti Different howi

"Not deep south," she said "Not a Georgia accent"

Could you describe the woman for a police artisti

"I think so Yes I can"

Newsome was called out of the room by a third policeman He returned in a few ray suit, a white shirt, and a black tie with tiny white dots on it There was a hushed conference, Garrick got up from his chair beside the bed, and the new arrival took his place "Mrs Claybornei My name is Robert Kirkland" He showed her a laation"

Those words s kept her expression callint of her eyes betrayed her stark terror Scenarios of ransoh her brain like evil constellations "Please tell ue was leaden, the taste of the tranquilizers sour in her mouth "Please why did she takeover a yellow legal pad He had eyes, Laura thought, that rese no hint of ent on within "The woman was not a nurse at this hospital," he told her "There&039;s no Janette Leister on staff, and the only person with that last name orked here was an X-ray technician in 1984" He checked his prewritten notes "a black ed thirty-three, who now resides at 2137 Oakhaven Drive in Conyers" His one-way stare returned to her "We&039;re checking the records of other hospitals She ht or rented the unifor uniform and costume-rental stores, too If she did rent the uniforot her address from her driver&039;s license - and it&039;s a correct address - we&039;re in luck"

"Then you can find her fast, is that righti You can find her and et the infor for us here is the woht, both out of the nor to her, so she wouldn&039;t turn up on a rental list She o, or rented it outside the city"

"But you&039;ll find her, won&039;t youi You won&039;t let her get awayi"