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“Any idea how long it will be?”

“As soon as possible,” he said “After they’ve attended to the usual laries”

My headache suddenly worsened I closed ainst the desk

“Are you alright?” The reat distance

When I didn’t answer, I felt a touch on o home and call the report in?” Rolland said “We’ll send an officer to your house”

I openedto stay calm, I said, “Thanks I’ll do that” Why didn’t you tell me that in the first place?

Chapter Twenty-Four

Since I was no longer working for Blaine, I spentup on computer research I owed another client and took occasional breaks to do yoga stretches Stretchingwas se compared hat I could’ve earned from Blaine, but it would pay one or two bills

An officer named Hillerman came by—eventually—to take my report The man was a few inches taller than me with close-cropped brown hair, well-proportioned features, and an officious et a driver’s license

As I recounted events leading up to Terry’s disappearance, I was very careful not to hter I did throw in the fact that soood that would do As for Gorilla Man, I was the one who had tossed hi the better part of common sense, I decided not to mention it

Hillerman scratched his nose with the blunt end of his pen “Let ht So person? Do you have any reason to think those things are connected?”

I rackedthat wouldn’t involve Blaine in some manner “Not really” was my sole response

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nbsp; Hillerested he didn’t quite believe that “You do realize that the shootingto do with your friend? And that your friend may have chosen to disappear?”

“But ould he leave his cell phone behind?” And even as my words tumbled out, I kne Hillerman would respond