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"But what about Brian?" said Cohen "How did he know about Dr Couture and Project Babylon and Antoinette?"

"He told us they’d been together for ten years," said Beauvoir "That meant they met in 2005 What else happened that year?"

"Guillaume Couture died," said Lacoste "Antoinette moved into his home, and the obit appeared in the McGill Alumni News Brian Fitzpatrick was an alunized Gerald Bull in the photo"

"But how did he even know about Gerald Bull?" asked Cohen "He’s not a physicist"

"No, but he was an opportunist," said Lacoste "He’d becoation tonight, Brian admitted he found out about Gerald Bull and Project Babylon while researching the area for a surveying course Baby Babylon wasdeeper he found vague references to another possible er, more powerful"

"Worth a shit-load of money," said Beauvoir

"What started as a lark, a kind of hobby to find out round, turned into an obsession," said Lacoste

"And when he saw the obit," said Beauvoir, "and realized Dr Couture h to have been with him in Brussels, that’s when Brian decided to co relative"

"Antoinette," said Cohen "Ten years ago"

"He’s told us everything now," said Lacoste "With the plans gone and the gun found there’s nothing left for him"

"But how did you knoas Brian Fitzpatrick who’d killed Laurent and Antoinette?" asked Cohen

"It was, finally, very simple," said Isabelle Lacoste "As I went back over the file, over the states became clear The killer had to have been in the bistro that day when Laurent caun and believed it That narrowed the suspects down considerably It also had to be someone who didn’t know the boy well Who left the stick behind And it had to have been soht Who fit? A few people"