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"Stupid shit like what?" I ask, taking another bite of es people left for Lindsay on her dry-erase board on the door Drawing devil horns on all of Lindsay’s photos in the school paper before handing it to her Using all of Lindsay’s ta the box Stuff like that"

"Well, Kimberly," I say, "it sounds like Ann and Lindsay didn’t exactly get along But you don’t really think Ann actually killed her, do you? I ht?"

Kiuess But anyway, I told that detective guy to ot a, whad-duya call it? Oh, yeah, an alibi ’Cause you never know It could be one of the Single White Feies"

I’le White Feie" lead Not

"What about boyfriends?" I ask

This cognitive leap is toobrain to process She knits her slender eyebrows in confusion "What?"

"Was Lindsay seeing anybody? IMark Shepelsky…"

"Oh" Kimberly rolls her eyes "Mark But Lindsay and Mark, I mean, they were pretty much over, you know Mark’s so…immature Him and Jeff--you know, Cheryl’s boyfriend--all they’re into is drinking beer and watching sports They never took Lindsay and Cheryl out clubbing, or whatever Which I guess is fine for Cheryl, but Lindsay…she wanted uess you could say"

"So is that why she started seeing someone else?" I ask When Kimberly’s eyes widen, I explain, "Mark stopped by the office this uy?"

Kimberly looks conteuy? He didn’t mention he’s a Winer?"

"A what?" For aLindsay’s new boyfriend complains a lot

"A Winer W-I-N-E-R You know" When I continue to regard her blankly, she shakes all her long hair in disbelief "Gawd, don’t you know? Doug Winer The Winer family Winer Construction The Winer Sports Coe?"

Oh Now I knohat she’s talking about You can’t pass by a building under construction in this city--and, despite the fact that Manhattan is an island and you’d think every piece of usable land on it has been developed already, there are quite a few buildings under construction--without noticing the word WINER written on the side of every bulldozer, spool of wire, and piece of scaffolding connected with the job site No building in New York City goes up unless Winer Construction puts it up