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Twilly sighed dra hisout a story he loved to tell

“It’s about this country-western singer-songwriter in Nashville,” Twilly said “Joey Flynn Ever hear of her?”

“Nope”

“Okay, well, about ten years ago, Joey Flynn had cut a couple of records and was ? Or ‘Blue Northern’? No? Well, it doesn’t matter

“Joey was h school sweetheart, and they’d had four kids before they were twenty-five One day a fan brought Joey a hundred roses at this saloon where she was singing, and her heart went zing”

“A hundred roses,” Yuki said, i it

Twilly grinned, said, “Joey uy for three weeks before Luke found out and confronted her”

“Confronted her how?”

“Rapped on the door at the Motel 6”

“Ouch,” said Yuki

“So that was the end of Joey’s affair, and Luke never forgave her Over ti to kill her”

“Really? How?”

“How did she find out? Or how did he plan to kill her?”

Yuki laughed again, said, “Both, and I think I’ to have that chocolate mousse cake now”

“You deserve cake for the way you handled the governor today,” Twilly said, touching the sleeve of Yuki’s blue silk blouse, keeping his hand there for a longdessert, Twilly went on with his story