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On the way in to talk to Frank, John decided to drive by the spot where Michael Gallager ran off the road It was at Cooper's Ditch in Chesapeake, which was a good distance away froo John stayed to the back roads asbusted for the expired inspection sticker on the van The roads were still wet froht before and the bald tires huht His brain was a fog He needed to just take an entire day off and let things sink in The private eye used the long drive across the city to listen to theshow DJs and try to let his mind rewind

Subdivisions surrounded Cooper's Ditch A place that was once in thestrong in southern Chesapeake Old far out that it was easier to sell their land to a developer than trying to hold back progress Grow houses money talks It even speaks with a southern accent soravel shoulder Morning co sound as the wet paveot out of the van and walked down the grassy e called a ditch it was at least ninety foot wide Cooper's Ditch wasThe low rising sun was bursting bright yellow on the clear blue sky Glistening dew dripped fro plopped into the water as John walked along the edge This was a hidden treasure in thesuburb John decided to sit down on a nearby log He grabbed up a handful of gravel and lazily skipped rocks across the calotten why he had come here in the first place He stood and dusted off his shorts with his hands and walked back up the slope to where the van was parked For so to hide the expired inspection sticker, he sure picked a busy road to park beside A dozen police cars had probably already passed since he pulled up

At first he thought it odd that there had been no skid marks on the asphalt anywhere around there But then he re the case was the cut brake line He was able to find the place in the guardrail where the Corvette had sray lass was all around