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"What in God’s na about?" Victor asked, but the two men paid him no attention

Thor stood stiffly for athe door to an entire horde," he said pleasantly, then turned and left

They all stared after him "What the hell was that all about?" Jack demanded

Genevieve looked at Adaood thing," he said briefly

"We’re all frigging nuts," Jack said "Well, hell, this is Key West," he said proudly

"Anybody hungry?" Victor asked, looking at his watch

"Sure," Jay agreed But as he spoke, his phone rang He excused hi back outside to take the call

"Well?" Victor said "Anyone else hungry?"

"Sure," Bethany murmured

"Nikki? Brent? Audrey? Uncle Adam?" There was a twist on the last Genevieve decided that everyone had somehow intuited at this point that Adam Harrison wasn’t really Audrey’s uncle

"Dinner sounds like a fine suggestion at the moment," Adam said "Audrey, what do you say?"

"Sure"

Victor slipped an arazed at Genevieve and rolled her eyes Genevieve just shrugged

Thor returned to the hotel He doubted the crew that had been on duty that , but he could at least find out how Ada woive out certain information He didn’t have the credentials to demand answers to his questions, but he had a nual IDs from various associations that would make it appear he had plenty of authority

He didn’t need to use any of thenized him and was quick to help hiistered alone To the best of e, no one else came in with him He’d be more than welcoine why he’d pretend not to have company," she said very seriously

He thanked her and walked back into the night

The usual activity was going on, people wandering ai to look, to shop, to buy a little trinket here or there from the sidewalk vendors

He paused for aAdam Harrison didn’t need to have a roo man at the breakfast table Maybe it had just been some kid hired to put on an act He found hi back, that there had really been no interaction between theto be Josh Harrison and anyone other than himself The kid hadn’t ordered food He’d never spoken to the waitress or to his supposed father

It had been a sha one He should probably be visiting the local high school dra, he would find the waitress She would know that Ada, and it disturbed hier, he decided, was righteous The dive was going to hell First off, Marshall had been sold to him as the ultimate professional But a professional didn’t disappear in the middle of a project, no matter what A professional didn’t even call in sick The only way to get out of this kind of as to call in dead

He gritted his teeth, watching as a tall blond woed froe to her As he watched, she caught his eye She sht Have a light?" she asked, producing a cigarette froh Her blouse revealed a great deal of cleavage

"Sorry, I don’t s, her eyes re for coirl "Sorry," he said softly "And watch out, miss A wootta ht"

She headed off down the street

Thor turned, walking doard the water, deter her earlier, but at the same time, he’d needed some distance Not frohosts and dreams and…

His own sense of impotence, his inability to protect her It had to stop But by leaving that afternoon, he’d left her free to spend the day with Audrey and those governhost hunters

As he walked at a brisk pace, he nearly collided with Jay Gonzalez

"Hey," Jay said, startled

"Hello You didn’t go to dinner with everyone?" Thor asked He still didn’t know if Jay Gonzalez was on his suspect list or not The man’s wife had died under mysterious circumstances And he’d been around for the previous disappearances

"Duty called," Jay said

"Oh?" Thor said sharply

Jay shook his head "No e detail freaked out Went to eht he had a bunch of body parts In a way, he did So Duval Street"

"A mannequin? Did he find the head?"

Jay looked at him curiously "Yeah Why?"

"Was it blond?"