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"You ain’t seen scrutiny until you’ve seen the FBI do it As for our Nor anywhere even with the best lawyers he can buy He’ll be questioned by agents until at least next Wednesday It doesn’tthat he hasn’t talked yet He will Already they’ve found h evidence to convict hi, collusion, conspiracy, that’s just the beginning Now, Sally, you’re still withdrawn fro on?"
"Jaed up so that I saw things that weren’t really there? What if it wasn’tout those French doors? What if it was someone else? What if I didn’t see anybody? What if I did shoot hi played in ain "Not in aI know, it’s crazy You aren’t crazy I’ll bet you don’t even get PMS"
She hit his arled
"Now that’s a wonderful sound Just forget all that crazy stuff, Sally You saw your father There’s not one single doubt in my mind or in Brammer’s mind or in Dillon’s or, I’ll bet, in Ms Lilly’s, e tell her
"Your father must have stopped, seen you throw that prized pistol of his away and gone back to get it That in itself is convincing, don’t you see? If he didn’t go back for the gun, then where is it? When we find hiot that Roth-Steyr"
She leaned up and kissed his mouth "Goodness, I hope so You were so sure I’d remember"
"I prayed harder than I did when I was seventeen and afraid Melinda Herndon ardless of the fact that I would have liked to I wonder where he is"
"We’ll find hih his safe at home and his safety-deposit boxes Chances are he took off to either the Grand Caymans or Switzerland--they found soet hiainst hiainst hi hih, but she had to be exhausted She’d been through quite an experience He sighed He settled for a light kiss on her , Jaainst his neck "It’s weird and I can’t explain it, but I just don’t think he’s gone anywhere That is, I don’t think he’s left the country He’s here, soine where We don’t have a beach house or aWe’ll ask Noelle tomorro come on, Sally, I’m supposed to be the one with the fa to showhis pants and shirt He wished he wasn’t wearing anything Sally was in one of her new nightgowns, a cotton thing that came nearly up to her chin and went down to her ankles He wished she wasn’t wearing anything either He sighed and kissed her right ear
He wished all the adrenaline in his body would clear out He was high and horny To distract hiot a call from David Mountebank--you remember the sheriff, don’t you?"
"He’s very nice He took care of you" He felt her fingertips lightly touch where the stitches had been in his head "Hardly even a ridge now"
"Yes, well, he still hasn’t got a clue about the two murders, and yes, Doc Spiver was murdered, no doubt about it He wants FBI help, officially, and he’ll get it since we’re talking about interstate shenanigans He’s convinced everybody that the older couple--Harve and Marge Jensen--were killed around there and that all the other ents up froton office They’ll crawl all over that dahtly tugging on his chest hair He said slowly, "I’ He thinks it’s a good idea He wants me to talk to Amabel We all want to kno she fits into all this And, believe ot to fit in so with me, Sally"