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ON THE WAY TO MILLSTOCK, MARYLAND
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Savich turned the Porsche onto I-95, heading north to Millstock, Maryland, to interview Ms Marsia Gay in her studio "I knoe could have asked her to co, but--"
"But she’s an artist, you’re an artist, and you want to see where and how she works"
"I’ht"
Sherlock sat back and closed her eyes
Savich sighed "It’s been a long day and what do we have to show for it? Another actress murdered in Santa Monica, and our pri at all, thanks to all the propofol and ketae"
"It’s theto stay awake, sees the tech coh to stick the needle in his jugular vein before he can react He must have been out fast"
"At least the killer didn’t murder Golinowski, too," Savich said "Ben is pretty steaets in his file"
"He deserves it," Sherlock said "Noe’ve got no possible ace in the hole It’s depressing"
"Let it go for now, Sherlock We’ve got Marsia Gay to think about"
"I’ve got to adhtforward and very nice last night at the mansion, dealt ith Venus and the fa she knew about your grandmother, worshipped her, in fact, even noticed the scars on your fingers Do you think she did her research on your grandmother to suck up, or was her appreciation for real?"
"If she’d wanted to suck up, she would have checked rinned at her "But why? It’s Venus she should care about"
"And she appeared to She’s good-looking, talented, probably hly of Rob"
But what did Rob think about her, Savich wondered, clearly re the stunned look on his face when he’d seen Delsey Freestone He said, "Noe’ll see how she behaves in her own environreen car with a teenager singing at the top of his lungs, fingers tapping on the steering wheel
Savich maneuvered the Porsche around an SUV filled with s like hyenas, felt aAs he went past her, she gave him a smile, with dimples So she liked chaos, did she? He said, "It’d be si, but you know, I don’t think it is If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that you’ve got to work to really know another person, what ignites theure out what they’re really like at their core"