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Ruth said, "Dix has already assigned a deputy to stand guard outside her room If the perp does think he killed her and finds out she’s alive, he ain"

Griffin said, "Let’s hope not, but thank you If the person in the bathtub was dead, the killer took the body out of Delsey’s apartood reason And what could the reason be? Someone could have seen hi a huge risk, carrying the body into her apart it out after Delsey screamed Either Delsey’s attacker walked out, was helped out, or his killer really didn’t want us to knoho he hich would be the case no lary, ere they after? I’ve thought about that but can’t think of anything particularly valuable Her guitar is, I suppose, but not her piano, so that adds to the questions What did they want? What did they hope to find?"

Griffin looked back at Delsey "I guess I should tell you we have a nanet--that’s with capital letters, her official title She drives our parents nuts" Griffin told her about Delsey’s first newspaper route, when she delivered papers to a bank robber

Ruth stared at him "That’s pretty funny, but only since it turned out well Does Delsey have anything to do hy you becaent?"

"Not really, but some of our instincts are the same I have several more stories about Delsey that’llplace and a wrong tiuys, Delsey will find them or they’ll find her Maybe it’s all iven her history"

"I believe our patient moved a bit"

Delsey heard voices, one of the about her She slowly opened her eyes to see her brother not three feet from her nose "Griffin?"

Her voice was a skinny thread of sound that scared hi, Dels?"

"Don’t askup there so Maybe it’s better if I let it hover up there for a while"

He patted her cheek "Hovering is good Gotta tell you, Dels, you look a little pathetic with the big white bandage around your head"

"So you’re ot the win on drae Very i You didn’t sound happy Why?"