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"Heidi?" he called

"Yeah?" she asked, hurrying over to where he was, Didi on her heels

"Who is that?"

"That’s Betty And Genevieve I thought you were hired to find her?"

"No, the man Who’s the man with them?"

"I…I don’t know"

"Didi?"

"I have no idea," she said "Hey!" she said, her attention caught by the television "Hey, Joe, your girlfriend is on the news"

He set the box down quickly and strode into the kitchen to join the people to be careful in the subway

Ken Dryer was at his side He went on to announce that it was Leslie MacIntyre, the archaeologist who’d been in the news recently, who had fallen and been pulled up just ahead of a speeding train She had been taken to the hospital, but she was all right There was a shot of Leslie, gri up at him as he walked beside the stretcher as the paramedics carried her up from the subway

The anchorwoical career, Leslie MacIntyre had been of help to the police on occasion

"The girlhis head "Think ghosts are coive her a hand?"

"We’ll have to have her on the show," the anchorwoman said, then turned to face a different ca news from the Middle East…"

"Is she psychic?" Heidi asked

"Maybe she should go through Betty’s things, huh?" Didi asked

Joe was already dialing the hospital on his cell, pacing the room as he was forwarded from extension to extension

At last a nurse informed him that Miss MacIntyre had checked herself out a few hours after being admitted to the ER

"Daot to go Listen…" He wanted to throttle Leslie He really needed to work on Genevieve’s disappearance, but he was growing more and more afraid to leave Leslie alone for a minute "Do you think I could hire the two of you?"

They looked at each other in surprise

"I didn’t think you--" Didi began, but he cut her off

"No…no I mean as assistants"

"Assistants?" Didi murmured

"Does he mean…a threesome?" Heidi asked

"I mean, to work for me" He picked up the picture of Betty, Genevieve and the et this picture to a ive you an address, can you get it to him for me? And tell him that I need the man in the picture enhanced as ers, of course"

"That’s a relief," Heidi uess I didn’t want you to turn out to be a weirdo I can still dream, you know"

"And you don’t have to pay us," Didi told hi and I’ paid, okay?"

They looked at each other again

"It’s a rich lady’s et your piece of it"

"Done deal Give us the address And if you think of anything else…?" Didi said, a question in her tone as her voice trailed off

"Actually, yes I want you both on the streets tonight," Joe said

"He’s a real refor tricks I want you to keep an eye out all night"

"For a black sedan," Didi said

"You got it Okay, address…and I’ll be in touch"

Joe ran down the six flights of stairs, thinking again that so needed to be done about the place He hoped he knew the right people to do it

If Matt were alive, he would write a colued citizens

But Matt wasn’t alive

When he reached the street, he paused Strange This et to Leslie Now…