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“And then what happened?” Connie said

“Then they saw me,” Lula said “They looked real surprised And I know I looked real surprised And then I laid down about two feet of rubber and took off”

“Do you knoho they were?”

“No”

“Did you know the guy in the suit?”

“No, but it was a real nice suit And he had a nice striped tie, too”

“Did you go to the police?” Connie asked

“No I caonna put Huain,” Lula said “Didn’t seehnut Holy cow Holy shit I really need a doughnut”

“You need to call the police,” Connie told Lula

“I hate the police They give me the willies Except for Stephanie’s Morelli He’s a hottie”

Joe Morelli is a Trenton plainclothes cop, and Lula is right about Morelli being a hottie, but Lula is wrong about Morelli belonging to me Morelli and I have had an off-and-on relationship for as long as I can reo, we had a disagreeree under the sun, and we haven’t seen each other since

Connie dialed into the police band, and we listened for a coupleto do with decapitation

“Where did this happen?” Connie asked