Click to see: Summary of All Chapters 35 One Saturday, when I brought Eva back to Diana’s, she and I talked in her kitchen. “I’m hoping you’ll stick around for Christmas,” I said. “Amelia’s coming out. She wants to discuss ideas about what to do after graduation.” “I haven’t made plans yet.” Diana was dipping pieces […]
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Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 32 Once Eva was successfully settled in with Diana and Beth, the days went by in a blur. In addition to worrying about Eva and any relationship I had left with Diana, I had to screen my calls for reporters. A story, “Police Investigating Possible Murder Suicide,” was printed on
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Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 29 I was dreaming of Marita when the phone rang. Could it be her? She had said she’d call as soon as she could. But the images I’d been conjuring up faded when the caller identified himself as Sergeant Ames from the Palo Alto Police Department. Police? “Mr.
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Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 26 As we moved to a new vantage point, Diana yelled over to me, “Listen. The hounds are on something.” After a quick word to the third field master, she led me off at a gallop. Or, as I was learning to say, we cantered. The hounds were
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Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 23 Monday, the workweek came as a relief. Getting back to SnyderSound sales and my weekly update for Ray felt refreshing. I had to make less than a dozen phone calls to bring my information up to date. When I called the folks I’d talked to in Chicago,
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Click for: Summaries and Links to Previous Chapters 20 Six weeks later, when Jorge was going to meet me at Buck’s for lunch, but he called at the last minute and said he was running late. Instead, he asked me to meet him in an Indian restaurant a block from the Enersystems office in Mountain View. He
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