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“Damn,” exclaimed Knox
Building Q was just up ahead
Knox looked behind her and then back at Building Q Then she stared up at Puller
“So you think she passed Building Q on her way to the Bristows’?”
“She had to And even at that tiuards posted outside”
“Wait a minute, then some of them should have seen your mother pass by”
“I’m sure they did”
“And the wooded area? Why did you take a picture of that?”
“Because it would have provided cover for so happened to her, I’ it would have happened there And if no one froh she would have been in full view of the periuards, then whatever happened to herQ”
“And what, the guards were told to say nothing?”
“Exactly”
“But what do you think happened?”
“Paul told us about his last victim, Audrey Moore”
“Right But her body was never found”
“I checked on her She was a cheht my mother did No one connected it because no one knew from where Moore had disappeared”
“What are you getting at, Puller?”
He didn’t answer for a long mo killed by Paul”
Now Knox seemed unable to find her voice
Finally she said, “But Moore’s body was never found All the others were”
“That’s because he didn’t have time to dump her body”
“You think your htened him away?”
“No I don’t think anything could frighten that guy I think Paul had to run for it because he was interrupted by people who could kill hiain”
“Building Q Claire Jericho!”
Puller nodded “Paul never saw my mother He never laid a hand on her It was the people fros she couldn’t possibly be allowed to tell anyone”
Knox let out a gasp “So you’re saying she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time?”
Puller nodded “Yeah”
Knox’s brow furrowed “And Bristow? When she never showed up at the Bristows’ he probably assumed she didn’t care about him”
“And he killed himself,” finished Puller
“The problem is, hoe prove any of this? We’d need a miracle”
“Maybe I have a way to get one”
He pulled out his phone and punched in a number
Anne Shepard, the recently fired scientist fro She did not seem pleased to hear from him
“You proan
“I had nothing to do with your being fired,” interjected Puller “That was all Claire Jericho’s doing I never even talked to anyone at Atalanta Group Then she called me in and told me she had fired you She must have found out some other way”
“Well, either way, I’m out of a job”
“Maybe I help you, you help me”
“How?”
Puller arranged for the for them at a back table
He sat down across from her with Knox next to hiht in