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"I heard a screaht’ve been those dratted birds," the older one said

"And it o in"

"Cover the back," Logan said tersely The officers moved around the side of the house, while he and Kelsey hurried toward the front door

They didn’t have to break in; it was open When they walked inside, they discovered a sunken living roolass tables, and the finest in ultralasses on the coffee table, neither of thean headed toward the kitchen and family room, and Kelsey hurried down the hallway toward the bedrooh It was filled with pictures of hi with various actors, many of them stars She didn’t focus on the pictures, but on the bed

It ildly rumpled, sheets half on the floor, pillows scattered

A h her

Well, she was pretty sure she knehere Sandy had spent an came up behind her "I think we knohere Sandy was, and what she was doing," he said lightly, echoing her own thought

"Still, she left the inn with nothing? No purse, no keys, no overnight bag…"

"Maybe she thought she was just going out for a while," Logan said

"So where is she now?"

"Where’s Jeff Chasson? Neither of the their cells Maybe they decided on a romantic interlude"

"Sandy wouldn’t just walk off She would’ve told ry with me because of what I started, she certainly would have told Ricky She stuck hian listened to her, but then shook his head "We’re already on dangerous ground, Kelsey Sandy is an adult and she hasn’t beentwenty-four hours Jeff Chasson’s an adult, too--chronologically speaking--and at the ht’ve had such a ht that they went sorier at you than you think"

"We don’t know that Sandy was the one who shared this bed with Chasson," Kelsey said "And no horn She would never just walk away from it Besides," she added, "the front door was open!"

"But there’s no sign of foul play here," Logan said

"Yes, there is"

"What?"

"The birds," she said "The birds are everywhere Soan looked across the table at Ned Bixby He sat with his attorney, who appeared to be frustrated The guy was young, a civil servant, and Logan was sure that nothing in law school had prepared hi

Since Logan was now convinced that Bixby hadn’t even killed his oife, he knew that he had to trip the man up "Tell me about the way you stabbed your wife, Ned It’s iet the details"

Bixby stared back at him "I don’t remember"

"Sure you do She was your wife You loved her Were you angry? Furious that she wanted to leave you and sleep with other ht?"

"She didn’t want me," he said quietly He looked down at his hands "I drove her away"

"You drove her away because you wanted to control her with your love?"

"I…I expected too much Please, I said I did it I don’t need a trial I did it I killed her I killed thean leaned forward "If you make a confession like that, Ned, and law enforcement is pulled off the case, more women could die Do you want that to happen?"

"Okay, I didn’t kill them all But I killed Cynthia"

"So telldown his cheeks "What’s to tell? It was a knife A carving knife, I guess I grabbed it out of the holder in the kitchen I thrust it into her heart"

"Ned," Logan said wearily, "we’re going to release you"