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“You looking for Nancy and Herman?” a woman called from the house next door

Callum looked there and walked with Hazel into the woman’s front yard In jeans and an Arizona Cardinals T-shirt, the neighbor was in her forties with dark hair and rectangular glasses He’d take advantage of her willingness to talk

“Yes”

“They went to Europe Just left yesterday Won’t be home for ten more days Asked me to keep an eye on the place” She eyed them suspiciously “Who are you?”

“They don’t know us We were hoping to ask Nancy a few questions,” Callum said

“About what?”

Was the wo back to Nancy when she returned? Callum wasn’t sure how much to reveal at this point If Nancy had switched babies all those years ago when she worked at the hospital, had she suddenly vanished out of fear of prosecution—if she was the one itched the babies? And ould anyone do that in the first place?

“We’re reporters doing a story on the history of Mustang Valley General Hospital,” Hazel said

Callum inwardly cheered at her cleverness “There was a fire there and we heard that Nancy orking around that time”

The woman’s mouth spread into a smile “Reporters, huh?”

She seeet a little notoriety for a story about a historic hospital

“We’re freelancers, but yes, the article would appear in the paper,” Hazel said

And again, Callue to do soht Maybe dinner in a diht at the inn

“We’ll come back when she’s home”

“I can tell her you stopped by,” the woman said as they headed back for the car “What’re your names?”