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"I wasn’t sure that was you This is Jonah You always answer that way?"

I focused "God, sorry What can I do for you?"

"I heard about soht interest you You know that Callahan accident?"

"Sure What about it?"

"I just ran into the guy orks Traffic and he says the lab boys went over the car this afternoon The brake lines were cut just as clean as you please They transferred the whole case to Ho the same kind of mental double take I’d done just minutes before when I finally heard what the name Blackman meant "What?"

"Your friend Bobby Callahan was murdered," Jonah said patiently "The brake lines on his car had been cut, which means all the brake fluid ran out, which means he crashed into that tree because he rounded the curve with no way to slon"

"I thought the autopsy showed he had a stroke"

"Maybe he did when he realized as happening That’s not inconsistent as far as I can tell"

"Oh, you’re right" For awould that take?"

"What, cutting the brake lines or the fluid running out?"

"Both, now that you mention it"

"Oh, probably fivedeal if you knohere to look The other depends He probably could have driven the car for a little while, pu he knew, he’d have tried ’eht? Whoever cut the lines?"