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"He was ill," she said "Some kind of lymphatic cancer, wasn't it?"

"It inal site was one of the adrenals"

"Maybe he couldn't drink as much as he used to Because of the cancer"

"I suppose that's possible"

"And he was in denial about his health, wasn't he? Or at least he wasn't telling people about it"

"So?"

"So maybe that would lead him to pretend he washe did was tell ht" She frowned "I give up I don't get it"

"I don't get it, either"

"But you don't give up, do you?"

"No," I said "Not yet"

Over dinner she said, "Was Glenn Holtzmann a drinker?"

"Not that I ever noticed And where did that question co enough trouble hts I have while I'm awake What was it Freud said about dreaht If there's any connection between Glenn Holtzmann and the liquor Adrian Whitfield didn't have on his breath, I'"

"Holtzmann was a phony," I said "He betrayed people and sold them out"

"Was Adrian a phony?"

"Did he have so criminal law? It doesn't see so to beto have had ht"

"So my unconscious mind immediately made the leap fro to be my next question," I said "Why indeed?" I put down ured out what Glenn Holtz to tell ht, in the dream"

"Well?"

" 'Too much money' "

"That's it?"

"What did we just say? Soar?"

"Too much money," she said "You mean like the line about a cocaine habit is God's way of telling you you've got tooto do with it Glenn Holtz deeper and find out about his secret life"