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"Huh?" Debbie’s eyes flashed open

"When he ca et them Saturday?"

Debbie was seized by a uessed that she and Nye hadn’t covered that when Nye concocted the alibi

"He brought the supplies with hi that I was barely paying attention "Then what did you do?"

"U for clothes We went to the Northtown Mall because anted to buy some clothes I wanted to buy so I liked so we didn’t buy anything"

"What happened next?"

"We decided to stay in again"

"Sure"

"We rented a couple ofwith Bruce Willis"

"Where did you rent the movies?" I asked

"Rent them?"

"Yes Where did you rent the movies?"

"At the mall"

"Northtown?"

"Yes"

"Which store?"

"Store?"

"Which video store did you rent the h to check"

"It is?"

"Sure They keep records, the video stores"

Debbie’s face grew even htly as if she were caught in a sudden draft She pulled at her collar again, and I sawI wondered if it was confined only to her throat or if Nye had daed other parts of her body as well

"What did you do after you rented the movies?" I asked

Debbie bit her lower lip "We stopped at Leeann Chin for takeout and went back to" Debbie spoke as if she were trying to get it all out in a single breath

Idown her answer I closed the notebook instead and gazed idly out the hile pretending I wasn’t watching Debbie intently in its reflection I sighed drauy," I said

Debbie was surprised by the question