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"You’re not supposed to have Merodie’s file Should we move on?"

G K took a deep breath and said, "Let’s," with the exhale

"Merodie has no income However, there is this" I quoted the crime lab report " ‘One white, nu one personal check dated Saturday, One August, in the amount of four thousand, one hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents made out to Merodie Davies and drawn on an account owned by Priscilla St Ana, Woodbury, MN’"

"The envelope seized by the criust first That’s when et paid, the first and the fifteenth of the month Second, the amount Forty-one hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents is an odd nu unless you ure Fifty thousand dollars"

"Fro Merodie’s way"

"Why?"

"I don’t know, but I think we should find out, don’t you?"

"Merodie won’t like it"

"We won’t tell her"

"What do we know about Priscilla so far?"

"We know that Ms St Ana has a ree in chemistry from the University of Minnesota and a master’s in business from the University of St Thomas She’s an active partner in a property acquisition and investment fir businesses, buy a controlling interest, turn them around, and then sell them for obscene profits Sometimes they’re invited to do this by the company’s directors; sometimes they’re not In addition, Priscilla is on the boards of several charities and nonprofit organizations She’s not uardian of a sixteen-year-old niece naood shot to make the US team in the next Summer Olympics as a diver There’s a nice piece about both of them in Wolanced at the azine article while I spoke In the photo I’d downloaded Priscilla appeared very regal, very proud, with golden hair piled high on her head like a crown There was also a shot of the girl She was sitting on a diving board, hugging her knees to her chest The cutline read Olympic hopeful Silk St Ana enjoys a quietpool