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"Linda, I've got a whole lot of things to tell you"

Linda was excited "I've things to tell you also, better get comfortable"

They huddled over and notes for two hours and ordered pizza and Coke for lunch After an additional hour, Sandy hurried out of the Park Beach newspaper building She had just enough ti hours

Sandy aiting in the visiting rooht him in "Raymond, I've been in a huddle with Linda at the newspaper office We leveled and told each other all that we knew"

"Why don't you just go back to Philly?"

"Not yet, listen up Ray that Barner was alive because he serviced Towson's apartment after you left They found insecticide on a piece of that cup you broke That was one day after Loraine said she shot hi, not you"

"Slohat are you talking about? We knew Barner was an exterminator"

"But we didn't know he had serviced Towson's apart Soation told Linda that CSI found a shard froht on the kitchen floor, covered with insecticide Apparently, Barner didn't notice it and sprayed right over it that afternoon That's the cup you broke when you were there earlier!"

"So what?" Then he caught the significance "You mean it was on the floor unnoticed all afternoon That proves Barner was there after me"

"Yes At that time both Barner and Toere alive One reason they denied bail was Moran told the judge you were the last known person to see the victim alive They lied They knew Barner saw him alive hours later Bastards should have bonded you out immediately when they found a major piece of their evidence discredited Now, even their circury since I dropped an Maybe he can tell the judge about this"

"Ask hell! You don't understand, there's more I dropped a boplus a bunch of speculation When she told me about Barner and the insecticide, I had a meltdown The paper has it all now: Loraine, Taed rape, the phony Sonny Barner shooting, everything you said in your state we discussed since I showed theave Moran That stateo to jail for disclosing it Linda called the editor back in fro how much they can print"