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This made her even tenser “Like I told you yesterday,to deal with the fact they slept together God! She ht have slept with a murderer”

“Don’t get too far ahead of yourself So far the only thing we can prove is that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time”

“Andthe papers

“We assume he did, but we still need to tie the e hiain”

Pro shook her head “This is why I loved my stepdad so much He was a rock When he and Mom married, my life became very stable”

“Soested

“Notwas crazy because he always had to run off to do gigs Schedules would change on a dime Promised events or parties would be canceled I had h craziness when I was little Joe was predictable I liked that”

They pulled into their assigned parking space, and Chu turned off the car just as his phone rang

“Chu!” he spoke into his phone, then listened “We’re on it”

Pro had stepped out of the car but stayed in place with the door open She knew this ain in a minute

“We got another murder,” Chu told her from the driver’s seat

“Of course we do,” Pro said, and got back into the car

“It’s at another ic shop, so they sent it to us”

“Do you think it was our killer?” Pro said as Chu started the vehicle

“According to the officers on site, he was strangled with a rope,” Chu stated as he maneuvered the car back into traffic “And so on his chest—only this time it was blue”