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“We’ve been out of touch”

“So you real

ly don’t know if she walked in here on her own or if—as her brother suggested—she ht here”

“I really don’t know”

“Thank you, Mr Reynolds I see I’ about as far with you as I have with the others” He offered his hand

Gabe shook it and then turned to leave

“Oh, Mr Reynolds?”

“Yes?”

“If you’re going in there to check on Miss Powers, tell her we’ll be ready to interview her in about thirty minutes or so I have to meet the coroner”

“Coroner?”

“You didn’t hear?” He cocked his head “Dons Vance is dead Apparently he suffered a brutal beating” He studied him with intense eyes “Then he was stabbed to death”

“I’ll be damned”

“Careful Around here, you ht be Karma, from what I hear, didn’t waste any ti payback”

The double doors flew back like a gust of strong tornado winds blew them wide open And just like that, in walked Hurricane Gabe

He never broke his stride and never paused to look around In fact, he’d strolled right by her and hadn’t even realized it