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"We’ll have to bring Sandy in and query her on everything from the day she an said "Let’s get on in"

They’d started the drive to the station, both thoughtful, when Kelsey suddenly turned to him "Why don’t we stop at the Alamo for a bit? I want to see if Zachary Chase is around"

"All right," he said slowly

As he parked, he noticed that there was a Ranger car in front of the Longhorn farther down the street

Well, maybe Jackson had decided that when the forensic crew had finished, the inn--or the cri to be in need of some protection

They went to their usual bench It was early, but already the plaza was busy

"I wonder if Zachary will expect us at this hour," Logan said

He needn’t have worried They’d only been there a fewhih a sea of tourists

Kelsey and Logan moved apart, as they usually did, so Zachary could sit between them

"I’m surprised to see you two," he said "And I’ood?"

"Actually," Kelsey began, "I’ve co Rose is still here"

Zachary Chase was silent There was hope on his face, and sorrow "My poor Rose Her life becaers in death"

"Maybe she needs a friend," Kelsey said

Zachary was silent again, and neither of them broke the silence Then he turned to Kelsey, puzzled "Why don’t you just ask Rose about the diaem is found, then--"

"She doesn’t knohere it is, Zachary She died--and it disappeared," Kelsey told him

He nodded "It’s terrible, isn’t it?" he mused "That people could kill, and die, for a stone"

"A stone, a hunk of glittering rock…greed," Logan said "Zachary, none of this is your fault, and what happened at the Ala… " Zachary shrugged "Could you… Maybe you could suggest to Rose, if you see her, that she take a stroll That she walk by the Alamo That she…well, perhaps you could tell her I’uests, Zachary"

"But it can’t hold good memories for her," he said, his voice hoarse "I don’t want to be part of theused and sold…and murdered"

"I’ll see what I can do," Kelsey proilant," he pro," he said to Kelsey Zachary got up when she did, and he gave a slight bow

"I’ll reilant," he vowed

They watched as he walked away and disappeared into the crowd Then they headed for Logan’s car Kelsey paused, looking at the Longhorn down the street and the vehicle parked in front of it

"It’s a Ranger car," she said

"Yes"

"Is it a friend?" she asked

He grinned "There aren’t that e it?"

He shook his head "No, I assuer?"

"I guess you haven’t heard all our stories," he said "In the early 1900s, the ers because he was about to deal with an angry er Captain W J McDonald stepped off the train, the mayor asked him, ‘Where are the others?’ To which McDonald replied, ‘One riot, one Ranger,’ or words to that effect TrustSandy crazy"