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The woht?"

Katie nodded

"Stella liked to stand outside and listen She had a nice voice"

"She should have co with anyone? Do you knohere she’d been?"

"She picked up a kid the night before… Well, they say she died Sunday afternoon sonize hi He didn’t look like a killer Then again, that’s what they always tell us-God alone knohat a killer looks like Oh, Lord-she was e tears forain

"Hey, hey," Katiewas all right-ht "What’s your naana," the woman said

"Ued a smile "Yeah, it’sfan of the King Arthur tales and fantasy"

"It’s a pretty name," Katie told her "Just unusual, even today Uularly?" Katie asked

"Anyone?" Morgana asked She blushed and looked away "Lots of anyones Stella said that these days, people caht She was set paid for sex, and why the hell not?"

"I meant like…like, almost a boyfriend, maybe?"

The woman sat up and stared across the street "Yes," she said slowly "Yes"

"Yes-who?"

The girl pointed

Katie followed her line of vision

She was pointing at Danny Zigler

The museum was closed for the day, but as the afternoon rolled in, reporters announced on radio and television that it would be reopened the following day

Fantasy Fest was coht have once been one of the wealthiest cities in the United States, but the days of privateers, wreckers and sponge divers were long gone

The city survived on touris for the sun Fantasy Fest drew people frolobe, and it was one of the many local festivals that kept the local shopkeepers, innkeepers and restaurant owners and workers in business The fest went beyond just the obvious; the business surging down the Keys kept construction workers, charter captains, meter readers, housekeepers, antiques dealers and jacks-of-all-trades surviving, as well

Davidthe day He spoke with any reporter who approached hilad to see that he intended to keep himself in the public eye

She was soet a minute to talk to him alone

It was late when the news of the spectacularfestival days David had htfall, he had spoken to just about every reporter who had rushed down to the city

Morgana had disappeared by then But as David slipped his ar that they pick up food somewhere and head back to her house or the Beckett hoed to tell hiana had told her that Stella Martin had carried on a soler

He listened to her gravely, and then said that they should head to her place Along the way, they picked up a few to-go ’s Breath Saloon They headed to Katie’s

Bartholomeas nowhere to be seen In fact, Katie hadn’t seen hi-roo to Danny," Katie said She shook her head while chewing a piece of chicken "But…I…Danny is kind of a skinny little guy And we’ve known him forever"

"Hey, women have lived with serial killers for years and not knohat their husbands or boyfriends did at night," David reminded her

"Okay-but you seeenda So maybe he’s not your usual serial killer," Katie pointed out She shook her head "But Danny! I can’t believe it, and yet…Morgana did say that Stella Martin saw hiularly"

"As a customer?"

"More like a boyfriend That’s what I asked her-if Stella saw anybody more like a boyfriend," Katie told him

"That doesn’t necessarily et anything from forensics?" Katie asked

"I don’t know," David said He finished off his last bite of chicken and stood, slipping his hand into the pocket of his short-sleeved tailored shirt "You have a co to study the photographs I have of the , as well "In the fah He hit the power button and waited for the computer to boot up, then slid in the small memory stick he held

He looked at Katie "You may not want to see these"

"Don’t be ridiculous This is the age of media-soldiers dead on the battlefield, et cetera I’m fine"