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"He escaped?" she asked, her voice a high shriek This was much enuine She had no idea where Reyes had absconded with his body I was torn between relishing that fact and despising it We were no closer to finding his again as Elaine sought a chair, her legs apparently weak

The drawing, the one that looked like art but still saidI stepped closer and breathed in softly

"Oh, that’s an old building," Elaine said from behind me "We don’t knohere it is, but we think it’s soestured her ether and she inched closer, casting cautious glances over her shoulder When she stood beside asped softly as well

"I’ll bet you’re right," I said "It looks European" Except it was in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and both Cook and I lived in it

My gaze traveled back to the postcards "Can I see where those postcards are fro herself She forced her body out of the chair and went around to the other side of the display case to open it "Do you think he’ll come after me?" she asked as she handed thehtly interested Both postcards were from Mexico They had Reyes’s prison address, but no return address and nothan Elaine’s sudden need to jump into panic mode

"H-he knoho I aet information on him What if he comes after me?"

"Can I keep these?"

"No!" She snatched them back

Okay Possessiveit to her "If he comes after you, call me I really need to take him in" Cookie and I turned to leave

"Wait, no, that’s not what Ithe Spanish tile "What if he comes here to kill me?"

I stopped and eyed her suspiciously "Is there a reason he would want you dead, Ms Oake?"

"What? No" She was lying again I wondered what she’d done, besides paid people to spy on him for years

"Then I really don’t see a probleain to leave

She rushed around us and blocked our paths "It’s just, I … everyone…"

"Really, Ms Oake, I have a case to solve"