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"He wasn’t arrested or prosecuted He had an alibi His alibi, however, was his faht you just said that you didn’t think that he murdered her?"

"True No No, I don’t think he killed her He was rude, but I know many a fine felloho can actually be rude But murder, especially such a crime of passion-he doesn’t look the type He seems to be the type who easily attracts woht have been heartbroken, but he would have moved on I mean, that’s the way I see it The man is-appears to be, at least-a e in a rowdy bar fight, ain, what does the type look like? Now, in my day, many a man looked the part of a cutthroat and a thief-because he was one But these days…ah, well We did come upon him at the scene of the crime"

"It wasn’t actually the scene of the criled, but the police believe she was killed elsewhere and brought to the er, at any rate, and it was a scandal, and I know it disturbed Sean… I vaguely remember that he and David Beckett were…friends They both loved sports, football, swi…all that But then David left And never came back And the talk died down Mainly, I believe, because everyone loved Craig Beckett But if David Beckett is innocent, I really don’t understand his position-or yours And he’s deserted Key West So?"

"I have to admit, I rather admire the fact that he’s so determined, especially because he doesn’t want to stay here He doesn’t want to see anything like it happen again, whether it affects him or not I’ll still do h!" he vowed

The streets here were quiet, with only the sound of distant, ain Even that was infrequent now The hour was growing late-or early

They cahts on in the kitchen, parlor area and porch The two-seater swing on the porch rocked gently in the breeze She had a sround before the steps to the porch, but her hibiscus bushes were in bloolass from the Tiffany era on the double doors, a Victorian lady and her gentleman friend sat properly, immortalized in timeless ovals

Katie unlocked the door and stepped in Her world was fa around the world, her brother would always be off fil another docuiven her a bargain price But she had purchased it through a bank, she had coe payhted that she owned it, that she had kept it in the family

And yet, as she stood there, she wondered about the years David Beckett had spent away He had gone to exotic places He had discovered the entire globe

She’d gone away, too, she reht…all the way up the eastern seaboard!

"Katie?" Bartholomew said

She looked at hi I just realized that I’ve "

"But is it a good thing? Anyway, don’t answer I’ to bed"

"We have to be at the bank bright and early"

She blew hi rowth? Make roaned and walked up the stairs

He had been restless that night, all through the night

That was the only reason he had been out walking

And when he had been walking, he had seen the lights on at the museum

And so, he had looked up at the old mansion, and he had stared

There could only be one person ould be there tonight, only one person ould have gone in, turned on the lights Soht to be there

Someone who kneell Beckett

Silently, he cursed Beckett The man shouldn’t have come back The past was the past; settled, over, accepted Soone and despicably above the law Others believed that a psycho had coone It was over It was part of the end of Key West

He shouldn’t have coo in He’d heard the squeak of her screaround Watched Waited

Then, he’d seen her come out, and he’d stepped quickly back into the shadows He hadn’t intended to be seen that night

Katie had left in what appeared to be a fury

She’d thought she owned the place But Beckett was back

A few minutes later, Beckett had come out, and he’d headed in the same direction but then turned down the street to the Beckett estate

When Beckett was gone, he’d followed Katie He knehere she lived He’d walked, and stood in the shadows, and he’d looked at her house