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"I wonder if his father was the Sutton who served on the city council This was o"

"That I don’t know I suspect the reference will coa at the back of my brain I want to see what the papers have to say about the Fitzhugh girl Suttonrelevant or eh alone"

"You don’t trust him?"

"It’s not that I’ two separate events I believe he sao fellows digging a hole What I question is the connection to Mary Claire’s disappearance He says the dates line up, but that doesn’t count for uess time will tell So what’s the other one?"

"The other what?"

"You said there was another issue up for grabs"

"Oh, that"

I leaned toward the e I retrieved the still-sealed envelope and passed it across the table "I don’t have the nerve to open it I thought you could peek and tell lasses and studied the front and back of the envelope in the saer under the flap and lifted it, then removed a card with an overleaf of tissue Inside, there was a s envelope, so the recipient could RSVP "Says, ‘The Parsonage Groundbreaking and Dedication Cere the removal of the Kinsey Family Homestead to its new location at’ blah, blah, blah May 28, 1988 I believe that’s the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend Four PM Cocktails and dinner to follow at the country club Very nice"

He turned the invitation so it facedfamily do," he said "Doesn’t say black tie optional, so that’s good news" He picked up the smaller card with its stamped envelope "They’d appreciate a reply by May 1 Couldn’t be easier The envelope’s already stae Well, nohat do you think of that?"

"This is just not going to go away, is it?" I said "Why do they keep harassing s"

He pulled his reading glasses do on his nose and looked at me over the rims "Two contacts a year isn’t ‘harassment’ This is an invitation to a party It’s not like so turds on the front seat of your car"