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"You sure your cell phone's working?"
He looked slightly shamefaced"Battery 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 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 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
the
