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"That remains to be seen," Shredder said Corey Harper looked ee tray resting on her arot up and took it froht there, Mr Quinlan Yes, that’s right Now, I know you don’t wantto all this i You’ll e?"

"Yes, thank you, Martha," Quinlan said "How’s Ed?"

"Oh, that poorhi to buy a shotgun He’s in the hospital right now having tests for that prostate of his Poor man"

Thomas Shredder looked at Corey Harper, then at the tray She bit her lip and began to place cups on saucers Quinlan grinned at her and began to do the same Sally poured a cup and said, "Cream, David?"

Thomas Shredder sat there while everyone served each other Quinlan gave hirin and pointed to the last cup on the tray "Help yourself, Thooing to be inhaled"

"My, this is beyond delicious," Corey Harper said and took the last bite of her slice of cheesecake

"Jaton with us," said Sally "She’s the best cook I know Her pastato blow up any h He said easily, "Forget the interviews, Thole I know it sounds weird that theto do with the two e and Harve Jensen disappeared, The Cove was a run-down old shanty of a town No paint on anything, potholes in the road, fences falling over, even the trees sagging, all the kids gone, just old people left, living on Social Security My question is, why is The Cove so different now froin to wake up about the sae disappeared?"

"My God," Corey said "I didn’t realize the ti"

"I did," David said, "but I never questioned it, Quinlan, for the sie that Doc Spiver had coht around then Since he didn’t have any heirs, he invested the money and used all the proceeds to improve the town But you don’t think so, Quinlan?"

"I think it’s worth checking into, closely I re me that in Doc Spiver’s will he left his estate to the town and it amounted to about twenty thousand dollars If he was that low, then the toould start sliding again, really soon, don’t you think? Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

"I’ll call Dillon--he’s a co on it Tell me which bank and the account nuive et to Dillon"

"Is that Dillon Savich?" Corey Harper asked, looking up

"Yeah, he’s a genius with a computer, but don’t tell hi up"

"I know I did tell hiave a couple of great lectures, and yeah, he probably did think I was sucking up"

"I’ve never heard of Dillon," Thomas Shredder said "Who cares about a computer nerd? They’re fine in their place, but this is the real world What we do here is what really counts Let’s get back to e’re here in this godforsaken place"

David said slowly, "Regardless of whether or not thepersons are so in a very subtle way is a tough pill to s, Quinlan I’ve known these people h old birds, they’ve had to be to survive all the econo that one of them is a murderer curdles my breakfast More than one of theh pill," Thooodly dose of sarcasm "You’re paranoid, Quinlan That’s nuts"

Quinlan just shrugged "This town looks like a Hollywood set I reht when I caht, we’ve got a lead," David said, leaning forward, "I’ to check otten together all the accounts for all thepersons reported in this area for the past three years" David drew a deep breath "There’s about sixty"