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I had no doubt that the real Norman Kearny was dead But did Zeke kill him to take his place, or did someone at the lab kill him to help cover up an escape attempt of a captive zombie? Either way, I doubted we’d ever find a body

"Wow," I said "Well, I don’t know if it’ll help you figure out what the deal is with Zeke Lyons, but I’m pretty sure I knoho held me up"

He perked up at that "Seriously? And how do you know that?"

Shit I couldn’t tell hi in, albeit as legally as possible, under the guise of applying for a job there under a fictitious name "I, uh, was over at NuQuesCor to see a friend of Marcus’s" That wasn’t a coht have been interested in seeing her "I overheard the head of security," I told hiuy I’d know that voice anywhere"

"His name is Walter McKinney," he said absently I wondered briefly how he’d know this, then realized he probably got the guy’s name and info on a witness statement Ben pursed his lips while he considered what I’d told hi it outright But the hope sputtered as he griet a warrant just on the basis of recognizing his voice, Angel The brass is going to want a lotwaves with NuQuesCor and their backers Besides, ould this guy want to steal a body?"

I knehy Because he knew that the body would be ID’ed during the autopsy, and it would come back to someone already dead And it totally would have worked if I hadn’t put the watch into property storage

I gestured toward the grave "Look, we already know soht? I uy who somehow died twice" I knehat they’d find when they opened the casket up A body with fingerprints to match Zeke Lyons and the ones on the watch

"Supposedly," Ben stated "Until the coffin is opened up, I’ment" He shook his head "But even so…I’ll admit there’s sooing on with this case, and…" He trailed off, and I kneithout a doubt he was holding back fro that, with my history, I wasn’t exactly a reliable witness "With all the weird stuff," he said instead, "it’s just too, well, X-Files No judge in the world would take this seriously enough to grant a search warrant"

I could feel a knot building up in avesucked I was trying so da me in the ass "It’s cool," I said as cale I even forced out a sel," he said "I just need more"

I nodded "It’s cool," I repeated "Lemme knohat you find in the coffin," I said, then turned and left without waiting for a response I knew if I stayed there another second I’d either start crying or punch soh I liked to think it would’ve been Allen Prejean instead of Ben

And, damn it, I still had a little pride left, even ifby a thread

Chapter 17

I went home, stripped off rab soht asleep, until a loud banging on el!" oddaroaned and sat up "I’?" I looked blearily at the clock on et a whole hour of sleep Go me

"Get the fuck out here! I need to talk to you!"

It didn’t sound like a I need to talk to you about what color we should paint the house either More like You’re a fuckup and I want to yell at you because it will make me feel better Trust me, I knew the difference

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