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"What the hell are you talking about?" Hugoson wanted to know

"You guys have been all hot and bothered ever since I began asking questions about Elizabeth Rogers No one would talk to me except Josie Bloom, and you killed him for it"

"He comer told theenuinely surprised by the news

"I announce that I’ at Dr Peterson, it annoyed me that I couldn’t see his eyes--"and less than an hour later someone tried to kill me Then sooson

"Elizabeth Rogers was raped before she was ative, B positive, and O positive blood"

"Who are you, Kojak?" Hugoson wanted to know "You expect us to julad?’ Get lost"

Here it co bluff

"As soon as I leave here I’oing to visit a judge We’re going to get a search warrant and then we’re co back here and take blood samples from each of you Back when you killed Elizabeth, they didn’t have the technology All they could identify was blood type and that couldn’t be used to differentiate between suspects with the saentle to take your blood and ers and then theto prison for the rest of your lives"

"I ain’t goin’ back to prison," Hugoson announced

"If not for Elizabeth, then for Josie," I said

"I had nothin’ to do with that"

"Were you his partner, convict? Were you and Josie dealingat Reif "Were you trying to pick up some extra cash to support your KKK club, or whatever it is?"

"No," he insisted

"But you kneas dealing"

"I knew," Hugoson said "I seen enough crankheads in stir to know one when I see one, only I had nothing to do with it That’s bad shit and I had nothing to do with it"

"Who was helping hi hi to say to that

"It doesn’t et the search warrants for Elizabeth, all the rest will fall into place, too"

"We didn’t kill Beth," Dr Peterson said He had a high, almost squeaky voice It was the first ti "They don’t have squat or they wouldn’t be here You think I don’t kno things work?"

"We didn’t rape her, either," Dr Peterson said

"Shut up, I tell you"

Hugoson went toward Dr Peterson, but Mallinger stepped between the, now "It wasn’t like that at all"

"What was it like?"

"Beth, she found us We weren’t looking for her She found us We were in Josie’s base beer, and we had a lot of it, and then she was there She ca for Jack Jack Barrett Only he wasn’t there We didn’t knohere he was and then--"