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"Okay, I guess It’s been rough"

"Of course, child We all "

"Thanks," Emma said quietly "She was special"

"She sure was How can I help you?"

"I’ thank you notes You know, to the people who sent flowers, the ones at the ned, but I don’t know soht maybe you--"

"Well, you know me, and I know everyone else Who do you need?"

"Just two right now A …" she paused as if checking her list "Taht It’s hard to read soht away In fact, let ive you her address"

Emma scrambled to find a pen as Betty rattled off the office address of a law firreat surprise Lawyers littered the capital like trash after a parade, and she ought to know since she was one of them

"And what’s the other?" Betty asked

E to catch up with Betty’s recitation of the address "I’m sorry?" she said absently

"The other name," Betty said patiently "You said there were two"

"Oh, right I’ht away Yes, the other one is so Slayton, I think The first initial is V, as inVictor"

"Slayton," Betty repeated thoughtfully "Slayton You know, I think she worked here for a bit Only a month or thich is why I’m not sure she’s the one I don’t know that she and Lacey would have met, butyes, here she is Violet That’s a lovely name, isn’t it?" Betty mused briefly "Violet Slayton I don’t knohere she hen she left here, though"

"Do you have a ho that even if Betty had it, she couldn’t give it out

"Well, now, I do But you kno they are about things like that I’ll tell you what, though We were talking, and I think she inia Had a place on Donset We reht be a place to start"

Emma wrote down the city na, Betty was saying that Violet Slayton was living with her parents in Springfield With that plus the street name, she could find Slayton easily

"Thanks, Betty," she said sincerely "I really appreciate this"