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But hoas it that she had been discovered, buried deep in the earth, and at the excavation site?
Barello shook his head That was a matter for the police Perhaps one of the townsfolk had found her…
and despite the agony of her ht it would be better to hide the body, and let thea life in a larger place, with greater proue
"She is… finished for the evening?"
"Yes, resting upon the gurney, sheeted… in the cold," he said sadly "To her to the funeral home… they will eirl I The police will have to put out warnings for anyone traveling out to the cliffs"
"Poor, poor girl!" Barello said
"Poor, poor girl," Antinella agreed
He stood on the beach From there, he had an excellent view of Lena Miro’s door
He waited, biding his ti to stare at the water If only…
well, there was no "if only" And still, he enjoyed the view, and the feel of the air
And then…
He saw thethe path, not even hurrying The wohts Shethe door open for him
He smiled, and thanked her
It didn’t matter She would never ree, and quietly closed the door behind him
And started up the stairs
It was nearly nine when they met for dinner
By the tiathered, Liz Henderson a the them that there was soerous
The doctors had just finished with the body of Maria Britto
"I have to say, I was very, very worriedthem "The way she was found… but there is not aus Dr Barello--the coroner--is certain that she was killed by wild animals And there! There is where people must worry, and be very, very careful!"
Grant, already seated, stared at Arturo as if the irl?" he said incredulously
"Well, no, no, of course not!" Arturo said He shook his head, sighing sadly "The police will investigate
Right now, they believe that soht that the kindest thing would be to cover her up"
"Without reporting that she was discovered?" Grant said
"She was in sad shape"
"I know," Grant said flatly, "but that ists and psychiatrists around the world believe that closure in the event of the disappearance of a loved one is far kinder than letting a parent, child, spouse, or any loved one spend the rest of their life wondering what happened!"
"Yes, that’s reasonable," Arturo said "But…" He shrugged "As I said, the police will search and investigate until they have the answers In the meantime, and this is one near the dig site, because there are no wolves in town, I can assure you!"
"I’m sorry, it stillupon that body, would have been horrified Their first instinct would have been to get the police, get help! And how do you just happen upon a body at a dig? There are people around--even at night, the campsite isn’t that far from the excavation areas"
"Yes, but… well, irl’s ht she’d be too horrible to find," Drew suggested
Grant shook his head "Sorry--to ain, there’s really not anything we can do about it," Suzette said "Except that, Grant, Arturo is right--you have to be very careful out there"
"Right," Grantit--any of it, Stephanie thought
"You still think we should go with the show too with the show to in--they arrive in Naples to, and they’ll be here by early afternoon" He brightened slightly "I will send you so better"
He left them
"It just still seems rather in bad taste," Stephanievery hard to make a success out of this place They won’t be here, of course, but we’re planning the show for Americans, and they will come and spend money It’s iuess," Stephanie reat, by the way," Doug said
"Areed enthusiastically
"I told you she’d be fine," Clay said quietly