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"It was chocolate ice cream," David said

"How did you know?"

"I just do I think Stella was pretty tight with Danny Zigler, which, of course, doesn’t ht not have," David said "But I believe Danny knows so"

"Like what?"

"I went into his place He was researching Key West, and had thousands of dollars in one of the books he was using Liaet out to others, or to the press"

Liauilty of breaking and entering"

"I didn’t break anything," David assured hiet in there, but if Danny has been guilty of…so a warrant is coerprints anywhere, did you?"

"No Don’t worry-I watch TV"

"Great"

"So how did it go with the kid? Was he able to give you anything?"

"No-I don’t believe he’s guilty of anything other than a wild crush on a wicked older woler’s apart on?"

"I think that Danny is dead He knew so him off for his silence in some way, shape or form"

"Then ould he be dead now?"

"I believe that he suspected or knew soht have pieced whatever it was together-and kneho killed Stella Liam, I know you’re a cop, a detective, and that you have to carry on an active investigation But you only know about that because I’et that search warrant, can you keep what I’ve told you to yourself for your own investigation?"

"You’re asking les I can on that in confidence-for now"

"Thanks Do you know anything else? What about forensics?"

"I’m pretty sure you knohat I do She wasn’t violated-she’d had sex with condoms, don’t kno much, but there was no evidence of sexual force or violence of any kind She had chicken nuggets and fries for dinner Oh-this is new We had known, of course, that the killer wore gloves and took the woht help us eventually-a ater dive gloves," David said

"Right Our killer wears dive gloves"

"Half of Key West loves with ahed "Look, at this point, it eliloves have silicone on the fingertips Thatat every straw out there, and so is the entire force"

"Are you holding anyone?"

"We still have Sanderson, but we can only keep hiht He hasn’t called an attorney, because we aren’t going to call his wife-unless we find soo I don’t think he’s staying for Fantasy Fest anymore It was his first year down here as a twenty-one-year-old Guess he’s going to be looking back at being underaged as the good old days"

"Maybe All right Keepan eye on Katie, I take it?" Liam asked

"Absolutely," David said

His cousin was silent

"What, you disapprove?" David asked

"She deserves more"

"Thanks"

"No, Iher while trying to chase away the ghosts of his past Sorry, you ht want to belt me for that, but it’s the truth"

David hesitated "Did I ?" he asked

"No, she and I are friends, good friends She’d deserve a lot better than , David You know you’re leaving So keep it honest, huh?"

"I a

He was honest, wasn’t he? Or was anything about him really honest? What he felt was The need to leave this place had been just as basic What did he feel now? He didn’t know He’d been a lot of places-he’d hit every continent, every ocean

And now?