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"Wow Lord Oh, God," Rogerlot at the tavern He looked at Abby as if everything that had happened today was finally hitting hi dead Newly dead"

She laid a hand on his ar, Roger"

"She’s dead How can that be good?"

"Finding her could help us catch the killer," Abby replied

"She’ll still be dead," Roger said dully

"But," Malachi added, "the fact that her body’s been found could bring some solace to her fa that a killer is brought to justice"

Roger got out of the car "Uh, did you want more of a tour?" he asked

"Not today," Malachi said "But if I have any questions about the city, I’ll call you"

"Yeah, all right I’ll probably be in the Dragonslayer later," Roger ht see you then"

They watched hiood of you," Abby told Malachi "It was really kind of you to speak to him the way you did I knoas afraid he was a suspect"

Malachi looked at her "He is a suspect," he said

Abby frowned

"Everyone’s a suspect right now," Jackson explained "Let’s go into the Dragonslayer We’ll see what Will’s ed with the cameras so far"

Abby walked slowly toward the restaurant She had a sick feeling inside She believed in Roger; they’d gone to high school together!

But she believed in Dirk as well, and their other customers and Macy and

It didn’t have to be anyone close to her Maybe the Dragonslayer had been used, just as, perhaps, the Black Swan had been used

She took a deep breath and entered the restaurant

It was after lunch but before dinner Will Chan was at the bar talking to Dirk, Aldous and Bootsie

Malachi walked over as if he’d known the four of them all his life "Hey, Dirk How are you? Have you heard that our Mr Chan’s a fine actor and ht," he said He didn’t look all right He was parch to the TV news, another body was just found in a tunnel A woman"

"It wasn’t Helen," Malachi assured hiirl was dead long before Helen disappeared," Malachi told him He rested a hand on Dirk’s shoulder "The bad news is that a nuood news is that the local police and the feds are working hard on the case The streets will be full of police and agents who knohat they’re looking for and I’d bet money that, with these combined efforts, the truth will coht"

Dirk nodded "Did you work today?" Malachi asked hiuys handle the second My other actress was back soI’ fine," Bootsie said

"I was telling him that if he wanted, I’d head out with him tomorrow," Will put in "I’d love to play pirate"

"The tours are fun," Abby said She felt as though she was playing a part at thatthat the Dragonslayer would go on as it always had, and that Gus would be there in spirit Wo--and Gus had not been suspicious of anything before he died

Malachi’s phone rang and he answered it, stepping aside When he hung up, he and Jackson seeot to run out," Malachi said

"We’ll show Abby the caot set up" Jackson nodded to Will, who nodded back

"See you all later," Malachi told thee s to tell her he wasn’t avoiding her, but that he didn’t want to be heard by anyone else That the connection between them was private She smiled in return