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At first blush, there wasn&039;tsince last year No evidence that he&039;d ever worked for the Fullerton Playhouse, or that he was involved in acting in any way In fact, he was a computer salesman at Best Buy in Fullerton His na to work

Except he never o

Again, not much there Of course, I didn&039;t need much I just needed a connection to Robert Mason As I flipped through the file, there was no surprise that Sherbet and I didn&039;t see one here There was nothing obvious here Nothing that would indicate a connection of any kind

Maybe I rong After all, who trusts randoht?

I did

I shoved the file into a folder, checked the time on my cell, then headed out to Best Buy In the least, I could finally see what the hell a Nook was

The Best Buy night er in Fullerton was a black woher She led me to a small office behind the help desk and showed me to a seat in front of a ator?" she asked, easing around the desk

"That&039;s what it says on my tax returns"

She smiled easily I suspected her easy smile could turn serious fast "I&039;ve alanted to be a private investigator In a way, part ofup a minivan with Dyson vacuums"

"They&039;re nice vacuu to jail over"

She laughed "And that&039;s exactly where they are now"

"You&039;re kind of a badass"

She leveled her considerable stare at me "I&039;m a lot of badass, honey," she said "Maybe we should tearinned I liked her A lot "Our first order of business could be to take down an international vacuum syndicate"

"With stakeouts?"

"Of course"

"You&039;ve got yourself a deal" She smiled "No can I help you, Ms Moon?"

"I&039;m here about Gabriel Friday"

"Gabriel Was he found?"

I shook my head "Not yet I&039;, then closed her ain She nodded once, and I saw that she was, in fact, trying to control herself

"Were you close to him?" I asked

"I try to be close to all my workers, Ms Moon"

"Please, call me Samantha"