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“He’s frustrated, and he’s exhausted I thought you ht want to check on him”

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“What?”

I blinked out of o check on him”

“Good No are you doing?”

“We’re all a little tense around here I guess we didn’t expect things with the Devlins to escalate to murder”

“It made national news,” Dad said “Popular tourist town like Hartwell? Murder of one of its wealthy sons is neorthy”

“Which can only add pressure on Michael and Jeff” I glanced at the clock It was six o’clock and time for me to close up shop anyway “When you called him, where was he?”

“At the station from what I could tell”

“Okay I’ll head over there now Thanks for calling and giving me a heads-up”

“No problem, Bluebell I’ll check in later”

We said goodbye, and I quickly tidied my tools and locked up It was early March and the days were still short The sun had set as I hurried toward my old Mini The drive to city hall was a short one, but it was long enough to getMichael