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Heading out, he ran into Liahtly and indicated the door

Outside the station, Lia David the files "What was that all about?"

"I don’t care to talk in front of anyone else," David told him

"Why? If you’re on a hunt to solve ato need lots of help, and we’ll be questioning lots of people"

"Liarateful I want to keep it low profile No big announceain"

"Okay…but actually reopening the case Hell, you didn’t even tellthis-didn’t warn me I would have helped you talk to Pete You’re a civilian You know he couldn’t have given you any files"

"Yeah, I knohich ht division"

Liaate on your own It’s a wild-goose chase, and you’re worried about bringing in our cops Why?"

"Because someone from this city killed Tanya, I’m sure of it Cops down here, they all think that they know everyone, and they’ll be blinded to what they should be seeing And I’m not sure that any of the members of the old-boy netill be happy to discover that I’ after one of their own"

Katie walked down the stairs, trying to sn her disappoint the place for years She’d been sad for a while after talking to Liaain

As she came down the stairs, she was surprised to so off for another few minutes

Bartholorave, but as if he was trying not to s And the bank is off-really, we both knew that it would be-and I’m sorry But…"

"But what?"

"I did it!" he told her proudly "I did it!"

"What did you do?"

"Can’t you sed to push the button on the coffeeible"

She wanted to be happy for him

It was the start button on a coffeemaker!

But it was a start

"That’s wonderful Truly wonderful And thank you Coffee is excellent right now, and-"

"I think a good grog would have suited me better, but for you-yes, coffee And it’s ready"

She continued to congratulate hie kitchen in back Once it had been a bedroom and the kitchen had been the apartment in back But now, it was all a kitchen, and a very nice one, state-of-the-art Her ht her reflection in the back of one of the pans hanging froh

She earing an old Disney nightshirt tee and her abundant hair was in tangles all about her Thank God Bartholo appearance

"Next, we need to work onout for the newspaper," he said soht!"

"Hey! And I was just thinking how kind you were, and howto be-for a pirate"

"Privateer!"

"Whatever," Katie said sweetly

She opened the front door, coffee cup in hand, and stepped outside She saw the paper on the little patch of ground to her right and headed to it

But as she stooped down to retrieve it, she saw a hand ahead of hers

"Allowat the man in her yard The sudden bane of her existence

David Beckett