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тАЬWhenтАЩs the last time you folks were at the Jake, Mrs. Connors?

She moistened her lips again. тАЬAugust.тАЭ

тАЬI understand your father called you on Friday morning Is that right?тАЭ

She nodded.

тАЬWhat did he say? How did he sound?тАЭ

тАЬHe asked if I could come over for the weekend, and I said I couldnтАЩt.тАЭ She realized that the other
detective, the woman, was watching her hands, and she glanced down and saw them clutching each other
almost spasmodically. She flexed her fingers and spread them, then Jet her hands rest in her Jap. тАЬIf IтАЩd
gone, it wouldnтАЩt have happened,тАЭ she said in a low voice. тАЬI could have gone there instead of to the
coast. If IтАФтАЭ

тАЬFor GodтАЩs sake, Abby! You might have been killed, too,тАЭ Brice said. тАЬYou couldnтАЩt have stopped the
maniac who shot him. You would have been killed with him.тАЭ

тАЬDo you remember exactly what he said that morning?тАЭ Caldwell said, ignoring Brice.

She nodded. тАЬHe was happy and excited. He said, тАЭThis is important. I have something to tell you.тАЬ He
was laughing and happy. And I said I couldnтАЩt.тАЭ

тАЬDid he say what was important?тАЭ
She shook her head. тАЬI asked if he could come to town on Saturday, that we could all have dinner
Saturday night, and he said heтАЩd just stay put and work.тАЭ

Brice put his arm around her shoulders, squeezed her shoulder lightly. тАЬLieutenant Caldwell, tell her she
couldnтАЩt have prevented what happened out there. It wasnтАЩt her fault.тАЭ

Abby avoided glancing at him; he sounded desperate, pleading. A glance now might be the cue that
would make her erupt into tears. And she was determined not to cry, not now. Get through this, that was
all that mattered.

тАЬTell me about the dog,тАЭ Caldwell said, paying no attention whatsoever to Brice.

Brice squeezed her shoulder harder.

тАЬSpook? What about her?тАЭ Abby asked.

тАЬMr. Halburtson said she barked during the night, all the next morning. Did she bark a lot?тАЭ

Coop Halburtson was the nearest neighbor to her fatherтАЩs cabin; he always heard Spook when she
barked. Abby shook her head. тАЬNo. Just if a raccoon came around, or a cougar, or a stranger,
something like that.тАЭ

тАЬDid the dog stay out every night?тАЭ

тАЬNo. Sometimes there are bears, or cougarsтАж He kept her inside. She has a dog door and can come