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Maybe so, Michael thought, but Stu was a victim all the same Michael wouldn’t stop until he’d found the evidence he needed against Jackson Then he’d bury him with it Just as Ian and Rosalie Devlin would have to bury their goddamn son
Murder
It was in hts almost constantly
Murder had rocked our quiet seaside town
No oneBailey and getting aith it But he’d deserved jail time—not two bullets in his chest
As I worked away at a haive to his wohts Instead, I tried to concentrate on the bowl Old Archie had been a regular at Cooper’s for as long as I could reo when his “lady friend” Anita was diagnosed with a spinal tuh e all assumed would be her final months
To everyone’s happy shock, Anita was in remission She’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair, but she would live Archie had seen Anita eyeing one of my handmade silver bowls a while back, and their anniversary was co up, so he’d commissioned one for her
I wished it would take my mind off Stu Devlin’s death and Freddie Jackson’s subsequent disappearance, but it couldn’t
Michael had called to tellit would be all over Hartwell soon enough He’d been abrupt on the phone I worried about hihout the co in whispers whenever they saw one of the Devlins out and about, Michael was hunting Freddie Jackson
Two days after the news broke, I’d been working in my workshop when Michael stopped by to seelike it alas, and it was the first tiry at me since we’d left Boston
“There’s a suspected killer on the loose, and your shop door is open while you’re blaring fuckin’ rock music! Does that not seem a little careless to you?” he’d yelled
It had taken everything within ue back But he looked like he hadn’t slept in days, and he was only yelling because he was concerned So I let it go I promised I wouldn’t listen to my music while I worked until Jackson was found
To thank iven me a quick, hard kiss on the forehead and told ht Freddie
I understood that, but it troubledcop, Michael had taken so much on hi for Freddie, but I knew Michael would feel responsible for catching him
It had now been seven days since Stu’sBailey wherever she went Cooper hovered over Je