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“You’re kidding”

“Do I sound like I’?”

“Tell me this has no connection to the embezzlement and our client”

Walt was silent

“Walt, you’re not telling me what I want to hear”

“And I’ what you want to hear Robbery wasn’t the motive Her purse was there, money and credit cards in her wallet To make matters worseI don’t want to talk about this on the phone We need to meet How soon can you be at my office?”

“Give me twenty minutes”

When I got to Walt’s, I gave him a quick rundown on the weekend before we turned our attention to Jones’s death

“The good news is,” Walt said, “our client hasn’t been implicated in this Not yet”

“Thank God The way you were talking—”

“Hold on, I haven’t given you the bad news Brad found the body before the cleaning crew”

“He found it? And didn’t report it?”

“He said he was scared He was supposed to meet Jones to discuss his employment status and the audit It was after business hours and no one else was there When he saw the body, he freaked and ran He didn’t want to get involved”

“Great Nohat? As far as Brad and the audit and all”