Page 25 (1/1)

"Why would he have broken into my apartment? Who would have killed him?"

Dix wondered for a moment hoould have reacted had he been in her shoes

Delsey got herself together "Like I told you, Anna had waited on him several times at Maurie’s Diner Maybe she knows his name She’s really friendly to everyone, plus she’s wayherself She should be the one you do the sketch with"

Dix nodded and turned away to call his wife

After he slipped his cell back into his shirt, Dix looked froent Griffin Hammersmith to his sister "You two really do look a lot alike, almost like twins"

"Nah," Delsey said "Griffin’s better-looking"

Griffin said, "Even if you’re right, it’s only because you’re still in your twenties I’ you’ll iht it back "Does anyone else know you’ve remembered the dead man, Ms Freestone?"

"Dr Hay"

Griffin saw the shock and fear still ain "Why don’t you tell the sheriff why you’re Freestone and not Ha that"

Hadn’t she already told someone about why she had a different last name? She couldn’t remember Freestone--Delsey had all sorts of memories of that wild time, but now they didn’t even piss her off, particularly "I was er than I should have been after I graduated froineering He was smart and awesomely ripped, and I fell hard for him I really liked his cool name--Alexander Freestone Sorry, Griffin, but I was tired of being saddled with Hammersmith"

Dix said, "Seems to me Freestone is just as much of a mouthful as Hammersmith"

"Freestone’s more a hed at herself "So I kept it, noI didn’t see co at all"

"What, did the fool cheat on you?"

"No, not that He wasn’t a horn dog He was a jewel thief Two different wo to tellafter he’d broken up with them I told both of them he hadn’t broken up with ood jewelry I had was the wedding ring he gave otten about Grandmother Aladonna’s jewelry, all very expensive, all very beautiful Since I hadn’t let him move in with me, he had to marry me if he wanted to explore Granduess I told hih torum cocktails on a beach sorandone, the sahteen randmother’s diamond brooch back?"

"The cops tracked it down and the pawnbroker had to cough it up It’s once again snug in ered ways after he got out of prison, only in a different city or state Poor woed to one of the woladly returned it to her"

"I don’t think I’d want to keep the jerk’s nao back and forth for a while," Delsey said, "but then I decided to think of Freestone as his parents’ name, with Alex an unfortunate offshoot, and they were nice people"

Dix shook his head at her "Do you have her jewelry box in your apartet?"

"Let ht now" Dix turned to call one of his deputies "We’ll know in a few o on, Ms Freestone If the jewelry box is lary and one of the thieves caht there I think I’ll also see if Mr Freestone is still in prison Who knows?"

"Nah, even though Alex was ripped and looked all sorts of heroic, he was a wuss He’d take on any jewelry box, but not a person who could hurt hihed "Freestone--such a lovely name"

Dix said, "I’ll send Miss Mavis to see Anna, but I’d like to hear how you describe the dead man first"