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"I don’t know," Josie said She turned her back to the people on the deck, leaned against the railing, and stared out at the lake

"I knew I should have kept the marijuana farm," Jimmy said "Out in the forest, on public land, no one around to bother you I would have had a huge crop by now"

"You would have been in prison by now," Roy said "You rode around in an old Cadillac so everyone would think you were a player"

"I told you, that was all about s," Josie said

"This is better?" Jiotten there half an hour earlier," Skarda said

"What are you talking about?" Jimmy asked

I went to the cooler, lifted the lid, retrieved a can of beer, and closed it while Skarda answered

"An armored truck picked up all theto warn you, but it was too late," he said

"Is that true?" Roy wanted to know

"You didn’t do your hos and looked inside They both contained personal checks rocery store as well as some receipts

How are these people not in jail? h to destroy incrin," Jill said "Maybe it’s so this"

Roy cursed and raised his hand to hit her Jill ed, raised one shoulder and ducked her head behind it as if she knew exactly where the bloould fall, and screwed her eyes tight in anticipation Rushirl Nick Dyson did nothing Stay in character, stay in character, my inner voice chanted Fortunately, the blow didn’t fall Roy siain and turned away I opened the beer and took a long sip

"What we should have done," Skarda said, "was rob the aruards were sloppy He said we could have taken it with a slingshot"

"That’s not what I said, not exactly anyway," I told him

Josie turned to face me "How much money does an armored car carry?" she asked