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“He hangs out at our favorite local bar”

“So he’s still in town?” Seth asked

“Far as I know I’ll stop by there on the way in Froht with Bonzo Maldeni”

“Bonzo has friends in all the right places Doesn’t he?”

“It’s starting to look that way,” Beck said “Listen, I’ll grab a few tents on the way in, too We’ll need to cover her property tonight If the local boys know it’s deserted, they’ll be knocking out s and looting anything that’s not tied down”

“Already told the sheriff we’d have hands on deck and all eyes on the property”

“Damn it, Seth You always show your hand”

“Hey, listen, like you I would’ve loved to have caught the is, I didn’t want Lindsey to worry about so worse than knowing that soh your personal belongings”

“True,” Beck said “Anything else I should know?”

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p; Seth sniffed Beck would probably curse him up one side and down the other, but he needed to knohat Seth had said “I spilled the beans on Mary Alice”

“You did what?” Beck’s voice resonated in Seth’s ears “What the hell were you thinking?”

“Never hurts to let soht save the person you most want to protect”

“Why hell, why didn’t you just tell him that we had e-mails from his IP number and recorded phone calls?”

“I thought about it,” Seth said “I told hih to keep him in line”