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"And you think Helen ht have had it? The map, I mean"

He nodded "I do Because this looks like a wo--s wo on the crew, but the probability that it’s Helen’s is high And she’sHere" He pointed at a location on the map

"Let me see it, please"

Abby took the map from him It had real streets and real places, but they were sketched out cartoon-style There was a checkmark on the map and in the border ritten, "Meet here"

"What do you think?"

Abby shook her head "That isn’t any particular place, but there’s an old church nearby It was deconsecrated years ago and was a restaurant and nightclub for a while Right now, it’s just eo, but they haven’t started working on it yet"

"Interesting," hesnatched on the river," Abby said

"I do believe the victi that tells us where they’re being taken fro there?"

"Rupert Holloas supposed to be ht here at the riverfront," she reminded him

"Yes, but no one saw him here Or, even if he was taken down here, it doesn’t o there? You know this part of the city"

"Of course we can go there But that precise area is just the sidewalk," Abby said "Except thatwell, I could talk to Roger He knows Savannah even better than I do Maybe he can see soer"

"Like I said, he’s a friend frooing to kill anyone, it would be over a priuer, well, I’ve known hi anyany physical trophies He passed out at school ere donating blood during an e, and he answered it "David," he told her

"Yes," he went on, "we’re down in theup We’ll leave it to your fine cre, ators are here They can finish I think weuseful He folded the ive it to the cops?" she asked him

"I’ll tell David the location, and he can send a car to check it out I say we leave the rest of this to the experts and head back I ht have a surprise for you," he added

"You know, I’est two days in history"

He s to like that se ways He could be unerringly polite, especially when soet what he needed He gave information out, but held on to what he felt he needed Close to hiazine, she are of how attractive he was Old-fashioned courtesy, co to most women

Maybe she was one of them

She stepped back She tried to remind herself that he’d made a fool of her a few times, and yethe’d seemed so puzzled that she’d felt that way

"I’ll talk to David as we leave Let’s get back to the Dragonslayer" He looked at his watch "It’s after nine now I’ to my hotel I can easily walk, but I won’t have to I’m sure I can catch a ride"

"Malachi!"

They heard his name shouted He stepped past her and hurried up to the deck As she followed hi her ate with a five-ators, and they walked down to ate to allow the?" David asked

"No blood or guts," Malachi said, waiting until David’s team went by

When they had, he said, "We found a map May or may not have been Helen’s" He produced it and showed David "You ht want a man or two to check out the area"

"That’s the middle of a sidewalk"

"So Abby told me But it ison to this?" When David nodded, he folded it, returning it to his pocket

"Therein the area--a restaurant, soone to meet someone," Abby explained "And, actually, it could have been anyone’sat straws here"

She let her voice fade David shook his head, lowering it "Yeah We are grasping at straws, but we need to grasp quickly"

"That’s why I suggested searching the Black Swan--tonight," Malachi said

"But then you beat ot the forensic talents to find what your crew h After all, we already spent hours on the ship"

"H it over?" David asked