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Sean nodded "What a night, huh? Life is so-messed up, really And then, maybe not Maybe we all know that we’re ested in ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ Dance until we drop ourselves A man was found dead-even the most dense person has to assume murdered, since it would have been iy The revelry continued though Cities have lives of their own, I suppose And since tourists didn’t know Danny Zigler…"

Sean left off "Did you wonder why I came ho here," David answered

Sean nodded "Bizarre, really I knew that you hadn’t killed Tanya Or, should I say, I believed that you hadn’t killed Tanya But there was just so to be here I didn’t know that you were seeing Katie, but I knew she wanted to open the museum Maybe I knew that you would try to stop her God knows, you’re the only one not trying toon So that started ere kids just out of school and heading into college It’s still going on" He reached into his pocket "I’ve made a list"

"Yeah?"

"You’re on it, and I’m on it"

"Naturally"

Sean ca out his list, made on a cocktail napkin

In a neat row Sean had lined up names

Pete Dryer

Pete Dryer’s family

David Beckett

Liam Beckett

Mike Sanderson

Saler

"I’ve made a similar list a dozen tiler-Danny is dead We can scratch out Dryer’s fah they don’t live far away Oh, you can scratch out Mike Sanderson-he proved that he had an alibi this afternoon"

"And I’ to scratch out you and me"

"You can scratch out Jamie, your uncle, too A dozen witnesses knew that he never left O’Hara’s that night," David said

"Okay, so that leaves Tanya’s brother, Sam Barnard, my cousin and a cop, Liaue cop," David said

"That’s right"

"My cousin was nowhere near the ht," David said "Pete was"

"Pete’s a police lieutenant And who knows? Maybe Sam hated his sister Maybe Liam has envied you his whole life Hey, you were the apple of your grandfather’s eye You were the star football hero"

"Liam played football, Sean I was a linebacker, he was a quarterback He was never jealous ofthat Sam killed his sister And Pete has risen like a meteor at the station He was just a beat cop when the murder took place He loves Key West Maybe this list is bull Maybe we should both be on it Me more than you, of course I found Tanya in the h I’ve read the ledger over and over Katie see Beckett, who had a man executed"

Sean looked around the parlor He stared back at David

He let out a sigh "I’ that we both need to pay more attention to my sister," he said

"I always listen to your sister"

Sean gave him an aard and crooked s to her"

"What do youto say so about Katie that was incredibly important

But he didn’t

Sean shook his head, disturbed "I can’t," he said softly "You have to speak to Katie This is crazy I’ve told Katie over and over… I love my sister And people would think that she was crazy You’d think that-neveryou, just pay attention tohim

Sean stood suddenly "Hell, I’m exhausted And there’s to Not a vacation at all Two uess that’s the way that it always has been, and alill be"

David was tired, and wished that he could sooing to talk He seehtened for his sister

"Some major cities have a murder rate of one a day, and they can’t shut down, I suppose Of course, statistically, our ative unit deals with drug deals, and cleaning up the street ainst a lot, but…not usually like this," David said