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"Is this the woman you found with Eli in your bedroom that day?" I asked

Vonnie Lou was definite "No," she said "I told you, the biirl"

"Are you sure? She looks young for her age"

"Not that young Besides, the bimbo had auburn hair This one is blond"

"It’s a dye job Iine her with auburn hair"

"It’s not her"

I was disappointed I thought I was on to so

"You don’t look so hot," she told me

"I haven’t been to bed yet"

That’s why you’re punchy, ht

"Can you move your car now, McKenzie? I’m really late"

I returned to the Cherokee I was about to back out of the drivehen I had another brainstor in front of Vonnie Lou’s driver’s sideVonnie Lou rolled it down

"Nohat?" She was losing patience with me

I shoved another printout at her "One more photo Look carefully Is this the woman you found in your bed?"

Vonnie Lou studied it for a moment

"Yep," she said "That’s her"

"Are you sure?"

"I ao?"

I was the first one in line when they opened the doors to the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services office in the Town Square Building in don St Paul The woman behind the desk was happy to furnish me with both a Records Request form as well as an Intended Use of Driver License and Motor Vehicle Information form I filled both out carefully, then returned the with the nine fifty search fee

It was only a few ht--Priscilla St Ana’s co to the printout, Priscilla St Ana owned two cars The first was the Saab she had told me about The second was a Mazda Miata MX-5

"Would you call that a sports car?" I said

"One-forty-two horsepower, four-cylinder, five-speed transmission, two-seat convertible--yeah, I’d call it a sports car"

I glanced up at the clerk She gave rin and said, "I like cars"

I went back to the printout Under color, it read "black cherry"

May I take the Mazda? Silk had said

You always do, Cilia told her