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I dialed down the stove and amped up the volume Ms Steinhardt was on set, dark hair perfectly waved, coolly delivering her report, which felt anything but cool to me

She said, “Senior crime writer Cindy Thomas of the San Francisco Chronicle broke this story only o She writes that as many as five victi called succinylcholine

“According to Ms Thoave her sources as ‘individuals close to the investigation,’ the victi by an unknown attacker,” Steinhardt said “We’ll bring you news updates as they come to us”

No way Cindy had gone public with our investigation

I grabbed my phone and called Cindy, and as soon as she said, “Hello,” I went off on her, all guns blazing

“Cindy, what the hell? You put out the sux story? The killer noe’re onto hiation harder, or irats on your scoop and thank you very much”

Then I clicked off Besides dropping the about cell phones is that you can’t pound them into the cradle But I slappedto Julie’s oatmeal

Just then Mrs Rose arrived in a cloud of tea rose perfu out, “Girls, I’m here”

When she saw the look on my face, she said, “You okay?”

“Not really”

“Is Julie okay?”

“She’s fine”

“I’ll be right back,” said Mrs Rose She leashed a bounding, leaping, squealing Martha and took her out for her walk

My phone buzzed

I hesitated Then I answered it