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Bobby turned back to Newman, as the only one of us who hadn’t said that particular truth “Don’t you want to scare me, too?”

“No, I want to save your life and find out who killed Ray and framed you for it, because if they’ll do all that, then they are a danger to everyone else in our town”

“I don’t knoho killed Uncle Ray I just know I didn’t do it”

“Then tell us what you know, Bobby, please Once you die for this criation is over, and there will still be a double ain”

“Double ht, no one else?” He was scared noorried for other people

I’d have let him sweat and asked whom he orried about, but Neas lead marshal and he didn’t ask my opinion “You’re the second murder victim, Bobby”

“But I’ht here”

“Not for er, Bobby, not unless you help us”

Bobby’s emotions went across his face like clouds across a windy sky, too fast for me to catch theht through the was i

“Troy is one of the biggest gossips in town I couldn’t talk with hiave my word”

“Bobby, it’s just us now, and I swear to you that anything you tell us won’t leave this room unless it directly relates to the murder,” Newman said

Bobby looked at him and then at all of us in turn “Do you promise?”

We all promised He was so earnest, I half expected him to ask us to pinkie swear

“Jocelyn and I grew up together Her ht”

That didn’t see who the “she” ht be