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"Him?" Kelsey asked "You e disappear--and who supposedly ran away to Mexico with her That was the rue was murdered at the theater And Red was found out in the desertso sad!"

"Well, it proves our theory," Jane murmured "Or part of it"

Why had he suddenly shown up in the desert to point the way to a newly murdered man?

"It’s brilliant Your work is really brilliant" Betty sighed "If only you orking with the dead people from today--but then we knoho they are, don’t we?"

"Unfortunately," Kelsey said wryly "That’s not as et why someone would kill a tourist no one knew in Lily," Betty said "But Caleb Houghwell, youwith anyone"

"And, of course, they ht have been killed by different people," Kelsey pointed out

A phone buzzed in the outer office, and Betty went running out to answer it She reappeared as Kelsey was helping Jane pack up her personal art supplies and printing copies of Jane’s sketch "That was Sheriff Sloan He wants you to know that he and Agent Raintree are still at the Old Jail"

"Thanks, Betty Did he ask us to join hi He also needs to meet Detective Newsome out at the old ram," Betty said "You’re still busy here?"

"Not really I have the two-dih to knoe wanted to know," Jane said

"Lunch," Kelsey said "We’re going to go find some food"

"Well, if you need me at any time, just call," Betty said

They thanked her and walked out of the station "You were acting a bit strange," Kelsey murmured to Jane "As if you didn’t want Betty to know exactly what you’re doing"

"Betty certainly seeitimate," Jane said "But Sloan’s been more communicative with Newsome than his own deputies about all this I’m not sure it’s a matter of mistrust so much as a certain wariness, since everyone in this town talks to everyone else Or erty--who ca like a hero--was probably behind the whole thing"

"Het back into town, see what’s up at the Old Jail,to eat there," Jane told her

When they arrived, Mike was at the desk He gave Jane an angry glare when she arrived

"You looking for Sloan? Well, he just left Ripped up my room--and took off"

"Oh," Jane said, disappointed "Did he leave e?"

Mike nodded, not at all happy "He said for you to keep looking" He glared at Kelsey in turn "He said between the locals and the feds, they’d get my place back in shape He promised!"

"Mr Addison, I knoe’ll see that your place is better than ever," Kelsey told hi those tax dollars around, do you?"

"We can do a lot of the work ourselves," Kelsey said "Honestly"

"Mike, I’ to see what he was up to, okay?" Jane asked

Mike frowned "He told uess he didn’t mean you Go on You’ll see what he’s done!"

Jane h the door to the cells and then down the hall, Kelsey right behind her They entered the Trey Hardy cell

"Well," Kelsey said "I can see why Mike was so upset"

The plaster in the bathrooeha "I’m pretty sure this ison this wall, so"

"Do you think he found anything?" Kelsey asked

"I don’t think he had a chance to get very far," Jane said, brushing at the wall, knocking away first the new plaster and then the old plaster to get down to the wooden bea and sturdy; when the jail was restored, thinner plywood had been used along with the plaster She tried poking her fingers through to see if she could find anything

"I’ll call and ask hiht she kne Sloan had felt while digging The et done She tried to iine the jail as it had been with no nice uessed that the barred ould have been just about where the ainst the wall right here, staring out at the world Hethat when the door to his cell burst open--and Aaron Munson had walked in, guns blazing

"They’re at the mine," Kelsey said to Jane "He’ll call us back later"