Page 59 (1/2)

"The deal?"

"Yeah What do you ith me?"

"Information about the ht she was killed"

"What of it?"

"Can you tell oing on"

From the far side of the room, I saw Pearl’s attention focus on our table He extracted hithe roo heavily "I see you’ve met my boy and his wife"

I rose halfway from my seat and shook his hand "How are you, Pearl? Are you joining us?"

"Could" He pulled out a chair and took a seat, signaling to Daisy to bring hi?"

Cherie shook her head Rick ordered another beer

"How about you?" Pearl said to an to fill a jar from the dispenser hose at the bar Pearl turned back to me "They catch Bailey yet?"

"Not as far as I know"

"Heard Royce had him a heart attack"

"An attack of some kind I’m not sure what it was He’s in the hospital now, but I haven’t really talked to hi for this world"

"Which is why I hope to wrap this thing up," I said "I was just asking Rick about the night he saw Jean Tiht ahead"

"Not much to tell," Rick said unco out of Bailey’s truck They looked drunk toon to each other"

"And that was ht?"

Rick made a visual reference to his father, who had turned at Daisy’s approach "Could have been a little after that, but right around there" Daisy put the two beers on the table and went back to the bar

"You see any cars passing? Anybody else on the street?"

"Nuh-unh"

"Bailey says it was ten o’clock I’m puzzled by the discrepancy"