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"Oh? I didn’t know that happened I’ll bet he loved that car"

"Yes, he does" I hesitate for just a moment, but then coht away"

There’s a short pause "Well, that’s lucky" Is it justif I haveher

But I can play the saame that she does "Yeah I just wish they’d release it I don’t knohy they’re not Being assholes, I guess"

"Local police are lazy"

"Must be it"

There’s another long pause "If there’s anything at all that we can do to help Luke during this time, please let us know We’ll see you at the funeral"

"Thanks, Elmira" Now that my small trap is laid, I toss the phone back into the safe, leash the dogs up, and head back to Luke’s

But not before I findfor it to wash away the filthy feeling of my betrayal to my team

Chapter 49

LUKE

Rain squeezestoo worked up

I take a deep breath to cal o, I didn’t spend tooabout it I definitely didn’t think that, at twenty-four years old, I’d be planning a closed-casket funeral for hi evidence off of him--there’s no need for an extensive autopsy; it’s pretty clear that the bullet through the brain is what killed hi, with a very calht side and the e me tooth-and-nail for a traditional Eastern Orthodox service

"Rust didn’t want a service of any kind, or a wake He oing through with the lawyer," I say, te my tone Rust never had much patience for the funeral process and he sure didn’t believe in God

"But what about ant? What hisaway the fresh tears streao by those stupid papers, wellwhy don’t we just toss his body into the fa between the lines, he’s basically asking for just that But I don’t say that now

"Are you going to keep fighting ements?" Because I just want this to be over with