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"Good," Marvin Brahtly, then turned her over to Dillon, who gave her a distracted hug and kiss on the cheek "I’ve found them, Sally," he said "I’ve found that damned jerk who isn’t your father"

Marvin Braet to the FBI office in Seattle They’re at Sea Tac Airport Yeah, the stupid bugger bought two tickets to Budapest, via New York He used a phony credit card and a phony passport"

"Then how the hell did you get hi He had good color in his cheeks again He was no longer in shock "He doesn’t look like A his laptop "Me and MAX here and ourSally’s aunt used her own passport Ain’t that a kick? She had to, I guess I suppose they just prayed that she’d get through They should have laid low until they’d gotten a phony one for her too Corey, you and Thomas et out of the country"

"So," Sally said slowly, as Dillon phoned the Seattle FBI office "It’s nearly over What’s going to happen to the town, Mr Braents are all over the cemetery Like the old folk said, they buried all the people they murdered with their identification, so there’s been no proble else to call it, all by a bunch of senior citizens" He shook his head "I thought I’d seen just about everything, but this takes the cake

"Evil," he added, stroking his chin "Evil can sprout up just about anyplace None of the seniors is saying a word They’re loyal to each other, I’ll say that for theh it doesn’t h I’ll bet she’ll wish she hadn’t Just ily sweet old lady was the brains and resolution behind the town"

"She’s the hed "That last dinner was the most delicious meal I’ve ever eaten in my life"

"Yeah," Thomas Shredder said, "and it could have been our last ed us"

"You’ll survive," Marvin Braents found a diary that old Thelhout all her time in The Cove"

"Oh, yes," Sally said "She always had it with her Do you know that she had a black circle on her tongue fro the end of the fountain pen before she wrote?"

"Knowing our people, they’ll probably check for that Old Thel came about It’s probably the best proof and history anyone could have of the entire episode Iback in the 1940s when she and her husband caeneral’s proble every ine what thewith all this Well, maybe you can It’s nuts At least Sheriff Mountebank ca His three deputies are pulling through as well They were drugged and tied up in that shed where you guys were"

"Amory St John and my aunt Amabel," Sally said "Mr Brammer, ill happen to them when you nab them?"

"He’ll be in jail three lifetimes As for your aunt, Sally, I don’t know if they’ll toss her in with the other seniors or if they’ll add kidnapping charges and conspiracy charges We’ll just have to see"

"Eureka again!"

Everyone turned to Dillon He looked up, grinning a bit sheepishly "Well, I just wanted all of you to know that Sally’s divorce will be final in six months Let’s make it the middle of October I’ve booked El’s set"

"Will you ave hier a sexist That could take a good year, even if you try really hard Don’t forget, a condition is that I become the SAC of the Portland office"

"You could always shoot him in the other arent in charge, why, Ms Harper, I’ll do a great deal of thinking about that"