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Abby was ied by a number of children in the audience She posed for pictures with them and answered what questions she could about Savannah and piracy
She looked up at one point, aware that she was being watched Malachi had been waiting for her to notice hih the crowd to approach hiht Aldous in," he said quietly
She felt her heart sink "All right I’ll join you there soon"
"Don’t worry Jackson and I will question hi Bianca"
"You’re sure it’s him?" she asked
"No, but the evidence points to hi definitive?"
Malachi nodded "DNA on the scarf I found on his yacht," he told her
"DNA?"
"From tears," Malachi said "The scarf was around the eyes of Felicia Shepherd at some point before she was killed They were able to extract DNA and it matched Felicia’s"
Malachi had to hand it to Aldous When he’d first been brought in, accused of the ry Then he’d look incredulous
Now, he looked scared
"You want to take it for a fewthe interrogation "David thinks we can handle this better than he can"
"Sure"
Malachi walked into the room Aldous Brentwood raised his head; he was pale His bald head glea
"You," Aldous ust
"Aldous, you shouldn’t be aggravated withlike this"
"I’m not!"
"One of your rowboats was found out on the river Forensic tea to find soanic matter that will prove the boat was used to dump the bodies of those ere killed"
Aldous leaned toward hient Gordon You can’t prove I ever had that rowboat I own the ship, yeah, but I don’t work on it"
"I’ent," Malachi told him "Just a consultant"
"Consult yourself out of here My attorney is going tohis ar on ht me here?"
"She knows And, Aldous, I’o to the Dragonslayer? That I was friends with Gus?" He shook his head "You’d have to arrest half the city"
"Didn’t they tell you what this is?" Malachi asked A pirate scarf--the one he’d found half under the bunk in the yacht’s master cabin--was on the table between the
"It’s a scarf in a plastic bag"
"Your scarf," Malachi said He watched the man intently for his reaction Aldous Brentwood didn’t appear to be anything other than perplexed
"I don’t buy those stupid tourist scarves!" he said
"But you did This one was found on your yacht"
"What? It was not! I let the police search an I a! Hell, what’s the matter with you? I’d never have hurt Helen I was crazy about Helen Am crazy about her"