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"I told you, Ja There are just i solid I don’t knoho killed my father He may not even have been killed when I was there On the other hand, I could have shot hiine Noelle swore to me that she didn’t kill him There was more, but she didn’t have time to tell me--if, that is, she would have told me in any case"

"You know you were there when he was shot You know very well you didn’t shoot hiet back to that later"

"I think my mother didn’t tellto protect me, not the other way around"

"No, you didn’t shoot him Maybe it was because she didn’t have time since we showed up Orso Trust , alone, at a movie"

"Well, she told me she’d been with Scott Which means she had a witness to prove she didn’t kill my father"

"Scott? Your husband?"

"Don’t be cute You know he’s ht We’ll take care of things Now, it’s late We’ve got to get soood race, Sally, real good When I just happened to spot you leaving the motel on that motorcycle, I nearly dropped my teeth That was real smart of you to ditch the car and buy a bike It took us totally by surprise"

"Yes, but it didn’t ht down to it, did it?"

"No, thank God Dillon and I are good That and lucky as dogs on the loose in an Alpo factory Where were you going?"

"To Bar Harbor My grandfather gave me three hundred dollars It was all he had in his wallet When I counted it, I beca Three hundred exactly?"

"Right on the button"

"I didn’t particularly care for your grandparents Thesoot to say that was a surprise Mr Franklin Oglivee Harrison and atching that plebeian show"

"That would have surprisedbed? No, don’t freeze up onfrom here I’ll bet your shoulder aches too, doesn’t it?"