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My sister ca with her a bottle of s tucked under us, sipping frolass and already buzzed I was nowhere near being buzzed In fact, -banger

"So your case is over?" said Mary Lou

"Yes, I suppose"

"You suppose?" she asked "It was in the paper The police found their h that hunky detective had his "

"Sherbet," I corrected "And he is kind of hunky, huh?"

She shrugged "In a grizzly bear sort of way"

"Sometimes that&039;s the best way"

"Soot the wrong guy"

"The detective see so, I&039; off her glass "Walk h it, maybe I can help you"

"Perhaps you could have helped before you started on your third glass"

"You know I&039;m very lucid when I drink Give , frosley&039;s secretary, Sara, to the multiple break-ins and the subsequent arrest

"Other than the fact I don&039;t agree with you ta with evidence," said Mary Lou, "I don&039;t see any holes here Horton had the evidence, the files He had the istered to hisley&039;s client," I said

"You just don&039;t think he was the shooter who attacked your attorney"

"No," I said "I don&039;t"

"Why?"

"For one, they don&039;t look alike"

"He earing a disguise," said Mary Lou, over enunciating her words, as she always did when she drank "Anyone who&039;s seen the video knows that was a fake mustache"

"Horton was clule with a trash can, and then slip and fall on his ass He was as athletic as a warthog"

"I don&039;t understand"

"The killer was athletic Damn athletic At one point in the video, he leaps smoothly over a bench�D"

"And shoots him," said Mary Lou "Yeah, I remember that I re-watched the video after you took this case That stood out Wow, you&039;re good, sis"

I shrugged "Still don&039;t knoho he is"

"Maybe it&039;s not a he," said Mary Lou

So perked up within me "What do you mean?"