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"Okay," Cooper says "He’s se the IP address in his e-mail headers"
"What kind of website is that?" I ask, squinting at Cooper’s screen I’ at coht the inevitable "One that’s only available to detectives?"
"And anyone else who pays fifteen dollars a month," Cooper says "You shouldn’t shop so freely online, by the way Do you have any idea how many times I’ve had to take down your social security number? And your loyal fans have tracked down this address and put it on Google Earth I’ve had to take that down a few ti over to kiss his whisker-scruffed cheek "My hero"
"Yes, well," he says, looking embarrassed "I wouldn’t want any rat-poison-tainted cupcakes delivered here"
"I think I can resist the urge to eat food that shows up on our front stoop," I say "And what makes you think Gary Hall isn’t his real name?"
"Because I just found two hundred Gary Halls," he says "All in their mid to late forties, all of whom seem to have lived in Florida at soure out which one is the Gary Hall ant Seems a little convenient to e certificate?" I ask "Or their divorce certificate? Those are matters of public record"
"Sure," Cooper says "But on’t be able to get our hands on either of those until the courthouse opens Monday "
I point to the computer "Can’t you look them up online, like they do on CSI?"
He lets out a cynical laugh "Oh, you sweet, naive girl Some information is still available only in paper format, and then only to immediate family members If you aren’t a family member, you have to physically present yourself at the county clerk’s office, usually with a small bribe, in order to obtain it And the county clerk will still give it to you only if you’re as suave and debonair as I am, with a bold yet insouciant twinkle in your eye Otherwise, they’re always on break"
"I can’t believe you called yourself debonair," I say "Bold yes, and definitely insouciant, but debonair? And I’ve never noticed you were particularly suave either"
"Suave enough to get you, baby," he says with a wink
I reach for another Oreo, ignoring hih school’s website?"
"Youhis laptop screen at round
"Does that say Lake Istokpoga High School? How do you even pronounce that?"
"It’s Seroup of the to cross the lake" Cooper has swung the laptop around and is reading froa is only four feet deep in et stuck in bogs Interesting that they mention this but not that the town is the birthplace of Tania Trace"