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"I don’t suppose either of them mentioned their names?"

"No I probably should have asked, but it didn’t occur to e is a total blank"

"I hadn’t thought about the incident for years, but once the ain Just like, booest the whole of it "Tell ain why you think there’s a connection to Mary Claire That still seems like a stretch"

"I don’t knohat else to say Intuition, I guess"

"What about the kidnapping How did that go down? I remember the broad strokes, but not the particulars"

"The whole thing was horrible Those poor people The ransom note said not to contact the police or the FBI, but Mr Fitzhugh did it anyway He thought it was the only way to save her, but he rong"

"The first contact was the note?"

Sutton nodded "Later they phoned and said he had one day to get the h had already called the police and they were the ones who contacted the FBI The special agent in charge convinced hiuys if he and his wife appeared to cooperate, so they advised him to do as he was told"

"Twenty-five thousand dollars, wasn’t it? Somehow the number sticks in my head"

"Exactly The kidnappers wanted it in sain and told him where he was supposed to leave the ht there was a trap on the line because they cut the call short"

"So he dropped off the ransoht After a day passed, it was clear the FBI had bungled it They still thought they had a chance, but Mr Fitzhugh said to hell with them and took matters into his own hands He notified the newspapers and the radio and TV stations After the story broke, Mary Claire was all anybody talked about--my parents and everyone else"

"What day was it by then?"

"Sunday Like I said before, she was kidnapped on Wednesday and I saw them on Friday The paper didn’t carry the story until Sunday"

"Why didn’t you speak up?"