"Yep," Wireman agreedHe selected another...
"Yep," Wireman agreedHe selected another cracker,
looked at it, then threw it violently back onto
the trayIt bounced onto the floor
Jack picked up the cracker, seemed to consider
eating it, then put it asidePerhaps he had
decided eating crackers off a Florida room floor
violated another man-law
I said to Wireman, "When you come back from the
funeral parlor tonight, you check in on me, okay?"
"Yes
"If I tell you I'm fine, to just go on home, you
do it
"Don't interrupt you if you're communing with your
muse
I nodded, because he wasn't that black chanel handbags far offThen I
turned to Jack"And you're staying at El Palacio
while Wireman's at the funeral parlor, right?"
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"Sure, if that's what you guys want He looked a
little uneasy about it, and I didn't blame himIt
was a big house, Elizabeth had lived in it a long
time, and it was where her memory was freshestI
would have been uneasy, too, if I hadn't been sure
the spooks on Duma Key were elsewhere
"If I call you, come on the runCall me on the house phone or my cell
phone
"You sure your cell phone's working?"
He looked slightly shamefaced"Battery black chanel quilted bag was a
little flat, is allI got it charged in my car
Wireman said, "I wish I understood better why you
feel like you have to keep fooling with this,
Edgar
"Because it's not overFor
years Elizabeth lived here very quietly, first
with her father and then on her ownShe had her
charities, she had her friends, she played tennis,
she played bridge - so Mary Ire told me - and most
of all, she had the Suncoast art sceneIt was the
quiet, rewarding life of an elderly woman with
lots of money and few bad habits other than her
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cigarettesThen things replica tiffany jewelry started to changeYou said it yourself, Wireman
"You really think something's been making all this
happen," he saidNot with disbelief; with awe
"It's what you believe," I saidIt isn't what I want to believe
That there's something with a reach so long
with eyesight keen enough to see youGod
knows who or what else
"I don't like it either," I said, but that was far
from the truthThe truth was I hated it"I don't
like the idea that something may have actually
reached out and killed Elizabeth - maybe scared
her to death - just to shut her up
"And you bay bag chloe think you can find out what's going on
from those picturesHow much I won't know until I try
"And then?"
"It dependsAlmost certainly a trip to the south
end of the KeyThere's unfinished business
there
Jack put down his tea-glass"What unfinished
business?"
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I shook my headHer pictures may
tell me
"Just as long as you don't get in over your head
and discover you can't get back to shore," Wireman
said"That's what happened to those two little
girls
"I know it," I said
Jack pointed his finger at me"Take care of
yourself
I nodded and pointed omega ladies watch ba