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Claire said, “Because suxsubstance we all have in our blood, so—very quickly—it’s undetectable I think we’ve got our sun, Linds I’m sure of it The bottle is on the way to the lab Let’s pray that CSI finds prints on it, okay?”

I said, “Sure”

Claire said, “You all think I’”

She folded her hands and closed her eyes Right there in Susie’s raucous, curry-perfuhter in our ears, we followed Claire’s lead

We prayed for CSI to find fingerprints on a sht lead to a serial killer

We really prayed

CHAPTER 67

CINDY CAME BACK to the table from the washroom and found that Lindsay had left

Yuki said, “She said sorry, but she had to get home”

“Oh, man, I wanted to talk to her,” Cindy said

“You ht still be able to catch her if you run”

Cindy said, “Be right back,” and bolted out the door and down to Montgomery She looked in both directions for Lindsay’s car and saw her Explorer co back toward Susie’s in the opposite lane

Cindy waved to her Lindsay slowed to a stop and said, “I’hter and has to leave any minute Call you tomorrow?”

“Okay,” Cindy said “Talk soon”

Cindy had work to do before she slept And that was putting her into a panic She had wanted to let Lindsay know she was going to run a story on the sudden deaths that looked like heart attacks and probably weren’t She didn’t need Lindsay’s per said at the table was off the record, and besides, she already had a good handle on the piece