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I looked back at therinned, a mischievous sparkle in his eyes "So, your uncle mentioned the case, and I do remember it quite well I called Hannah--she’s still at the departot it if you want a look"

"Thank you" I was a little surprised at the cooperation I was getting

"I really wanted to nail that guy," he said, working his jaw

"Dr Yost?" I asked

"What? Oh, no" He shook his head, refocusing on er I’ve ever seen He printed more paper than Xerox"

"Paper?" I asked, surprised "You ed papers? Like IDs and stuff?"

"Yes,that So, why did you have the doctor’s naed in the case?"

"Because he was on the list" When I shrugged my brows in question, he elaborated "When we raided Quintero’s place, he’d already fled the scene--went to Minnesota or Mississippi, some place with an M, last I heard--but he left behind a book, a ledger that had fallen behind a table in his haste to vacate the pre that of your doctor"

"Really?" I was more than a little surprised

"Unfortunately, that’s all we got Not enough evidence to prosecute, and I’d spent reement "It does indeed"

"Do you know about when Dr Yost went to see Quintero?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, the doc was one of the last names on the list, so it had to have been around the time we raided his place That would put it--"

"Really, Dad?" Caleb whined from behind us Apparently, it was his father’s turn

He turned slowly, and offered a huge smile "Really, Caleb Really" He turned back to me as Caleb thren a club and stalked off "My wife spoiled that boy rotten About three years ago, I’d say"

She spoiled hio? ’Cause that kind of behavior took decades to cultivate

"Yeah, that’s right It was one of my last cases, so I’d say almost three years to the day"

"Woell, okay Thank you so et in touch with Hannah for the case file if you don’t mind"

"Don’t mind a bit" He handed lanced at his pacing son and turned back to al advice? To hear the Gettysburg Address recited verbatiood Thank you so much"

"Tell your uncle he’s an ass," he called out to me

"Will do" I liked that man As I drove off, his son was in the throes of a full-blown rant about how time was money

"Let me express how much I don’t care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said

I called Hannah, the files clerk, about the case on the way back to the clubhouse and drilled her with a few questions Apparently, right beside the doctor’s naot an exact date froer and asked Hannah if she could hold on to the file for a while in case I needed to coer Eli Quintero forto the detectives’ report, they believed Eli had absconded to Mississippi and set up shop there

"No proble for Bobby"

Bobby? Did she mean Uncle Bob? Ew

I flipped Garrett off, clioings on the islands of Dr Yost," I said when she picked up