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"Have at it"

I circled the kitchen, glancing into the three adjoining roolassed-in back porch that ran the width of the house, for room, and den By the tilass and poured h Chardonnay to float a small school of fish

"We can sit on the porch unless you have a better idea"

"I’ed after her as she crossed the kitchen in a billow of silk Windows, , now enclosed what had probably once been a bare concrete patio A sisal carpet covered much of the floor, and the s could be protected with roll-up blinds if the sun hit at a blinding angle at odd times of the day The furniture hite wicker, old-fashioned co out, I realized the house to the right of hers here the Unruhs had lived I couldn’t see the spot where the techs had gone to work, but it felt odd to knoas in range of a site that had occupied so ination of late

She settled on one of two love seats that faced each other across a wicker coffee table She leaned forward and snagged an ashtray, pulling it closer so she could light another cigarette The ashtray wassound when she tossed it in She took a deep drag on her cigarette and blew out a strea it in my face "Now then Why did Felix send you over here? Natural charm aside, I’m sure you have a deeper purpose into Deborah Unruh Felix thought you ht put me in touch"

"Really And what’s your interest?"

"I’ator My client was the one whoup the Unruhs’ backyard"

"How did your ‘client’ talk them into it? Thatthat happened when he was six years old and thought it was connected to a crime"

"And what crime was that?"

"I’d prefer not to say"

"I see So you want information from me, but you won’t pony up yourself"

"Good point I’"

"What’s that have to do with Deborah? They dug up a da was buried in 1967 when she and Patrick were still living in the house"