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"Love you," I said

Josie sighed as if she had heard lots of otherup Skarda deactivated the phone and leaned back from the table just as I had He folded his arms across his chest

"We’re set," he said

"So it would seeht falls harder in northern Minnesota than it does in ht--you can drive for tens of hts except for thenorth I knew because the highway signs said so Beyond that I had no idea where I was Eventually ent northeast before catching a county highith just the in na how far away the toere in e, as it was known in the Cities, or sie" to those who actually lived there--so naion’s econo?" I asked I had asked before, but Skarda was being as coy with me as I had been with hi ave him an idiot slap to the back of his head

"Where are we going?" I asked again

"To the cabin"

"I got that part"

"It’s a ser We use it as a hideout"

"A hideout? What are you, the Cavendish Gang?"

"Who are they?"

"Fro that--never mind Tell me about the cabin"

"It used to be owned by a stockbroker fro to sell it ever since, only there are no takers My sister is the real estate agent"

"I suppose the real estate h everywhere," Skarda said "Anyway, it’s isolated, which I guess is one of the reasons it’s so hard to sell We’ve been using it because sis thinks it’s better that we’re never seen together in public You gotta remember, around here everyone’s connected to everyone else It’s kind of like Kevin Bacon except you don’t need six moves Makes life complicated sooing to take a flyer here and say she’s the brains behind this operation"

"I suppose she is"