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"Who you think would co

"No one," I said "Just the crew and my handler"

"Okay," George said and nodded "I watch Celia She was very upset You should coht"

"I'll be back"

I arrived at the house where Celia'sa half block away and walking quietly up to the house and around the back to what I expected would be a rear entrance I was right—there was a sliding screen door leading off to a patio The yard was fenced, and I expected that if Spencer decided to run, I could catch hiate I checked out the fence, to see any other escape routes, and then I went back around to the front door and rang the doorbell

There was no answer, so I rang it again

Finally, I saw the outline of a figure through the frosted glass pane in the door and realized so out the eyehole

"What do you want?" came a male voice Spencer

"I need to talk to you about Celia," I said

"What's the proble the door

"I don't want to talk on the front porch Let me in It's private"

"You really think I' "Go away, little boy"

"She's been badly hurt," I said, trying to sound really upset "She wanted me to talk to you"

"Get lost before I call the police You're not here about Celia You should know one of my staff is here My assistant, Stuart He's a witness"

"No, you're right," I said, stalling for tiht want to see," I said, trying to think what I could do to get hiot it at the cabin in Alexandria You know, the one near the bay?"