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Detective Canavan gave me a sour look Then he went on to inforators were already aware of Doug Winer’s relationship with the victim, and that I should--in fancy detective-speak--butt out, a senti Cooper on our way hoda and her request--that Lindsay’s character need not be assassinated during the investigation into her death--but this only resulted in Cooper’s pointing out that beautiful girls who love too much, as Lindsay appeared to have done, often meet unpleasant ends

Which really only served to illustrate Magda’s point

Cooper, however, was of the opinion that if the shoe fit, Lindsay was going to have to wear it To which I replied, "Sure If anyone could find her foot"

Our parting, at the front door of Fischer Hall, was not what anyone would reasonably call amicable Thus the need for steak before I introduced the topic of ," I say to et out of what I just know is going to be an evening filled with hilarity Not

"Fine," Toive et Office’"--He , and I didn’t say anything about it, did I?"

I ot a point He could have bustedact earlier in the day, but he didn’t Possibly he’s the coolest boss in the world Except for the part where he wants to quit and go back to Texas, where girls apparently don’t get decapitated in their residence hall cafeteria

Having to attend this roveling plans But when I get home to let Lucy out, I see that Cooper’s not around, anyway The , and when I press PLAY, I realize why Coopirritably, "Don’t think you can just hang up on me like that, Cooper, and that it’s all over Because it’s not You have a real opportunity here to show the family that you can be a stand-up fellow Don’t blow it"

Wow Stand-up fellow No wonder Cooper hung up on hi me around has put a real criain Iwith hi his black sheep brother, as he ht have were I not around, Jordan instead focuses inordinate a on between us

Which, sadly, is nothing

But I don’t have a proble otherwise The only probleoing to fall in love with ued about etNot to mention the fact that he’s seen es on the h he’d said he was going to call A quick scan of New York One shows theabout this blizzard we’re supposed to get--now it’s hovering somewhere over Pennsylvania I lace onthe encountered a flake of snow On the plus side, at leastsnow boots inside a hot, crowded gy around the corner to Fischer Hall when I spy Reggie conducting a transaction with someone in a Subaru I wait politely for him to finish, then s up," I observe

"Because this storrees "If we’re lucky, it will pass us by cood’s ears," I say Then, pushing aside uilty conscience, since I kneas about to do so both Cooper and Detective Canavan wouldn’t like (but really, if either of them would show just a ated I uys who have a lot of sex are considered players, while girls who have a lot of sex are considered sluts?), I continue, "Listen, Reggie What do you know about a kid naie looks blank "Never heard of him Should I have?"

"I don’t know," I say "He appears to be Big Man on Caie says knowingly "A party kid"

"Is that what they’re calling theie says, looking mildly amused "Anyway, I haven’t heard of him But then, party kids and me? We travel in vastly different social circles"

"Probably not as different as youover the Tau Phi Epsilon pool table "But will you ask around about hiives a courtly bow "Anything You think this boy has so lady who lost her head?"

"Possibly," I say carefully, conscious of Detective Canavan’s threat about the litigiousness of Doug’s father

"I’ll see what I can do," Reggie says Then he knits his brow "Where are you going? Back to work? They’rehours this week"

"Please," I say, rolling ie says, "if you need a little pick-ie says, and drifts away

Back at Fischer Hall, the excitement about the staff’s Dinner and B-Ball Game With the President is palpable Not In fact, entirely the opposite is true Most of the staff are runtled The cafeteria staff--day shift--are being particularly vocal in their protest that, as this is aoverti that they’re getting a free meal out of it, so they should just shut up Understandably, his e the food they helped prepare in the cafeteria they help risly reat a treat as he seems to feel it is