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He didnt need to. He wanted to. The spotlight beckoned. You dont remember when it was? Mason asked. I guess we could hope that the perp picks one of those two pistol packers and gets his head blown off, Stone said. I… well, as to that… the sheriff said. Some are, some arent. Most of them would stop a pistol round, but not one from a long rifle. He left six hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-two cents. Thats what was in the bank. He had ninety-six dollars on him when he was killed. And some change. The police said theyre going to turn that over to me eventually. I told them I could use it now. When he died I had eighty-sixdollars in cash and that went for groceries. Murfin said that theres a check due from the Vullo Foundation. Max’s last paycheck. That’ll be about twelve-hundred after deductions. Maybe a little more. Max was making thirty-six thousand a year plus a car and an expense account. It was a good job, the best he ever had. But he spent it all. Or we spent it all. He didn’t have any insurance. I thought he had insurance, but when I checked, he didn’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I guess I’ll kill myself. Maybe this was all of those things. I spotted it when the traffic thinned on four different occasions during my trek into the country. The first two times he was three cars behind me. The third time he was two cars behind me. The fourth time he was four cars behind me. Well, after three or four or five minutes, it suddenly occurred to me that if I went in there, I justmight be able to distract his attention so that he wouldnt find where I had fixed up that room upstairs, where I did my watching. You see, if hed ever told Enny that Id been up there spying... well, Enny would have resented it terribly. I justcouldn’t let him find that room. Back in the living room she insisted that two hundred dollars would be a fair price for the suits and jackets, which new had probably cost at least eight hundred. Max had never bought anything but the very best, or the next thing to it. Working at a firm in town. Part-time until I pass the bar. Stone called Lance and scrambled. I tried not to think about that particular piece of bad news. But that was just a prelude. Thereal bad news came when I stumbled across a bulletin on the local newspapers website.Police Chief Aaron Showalter will hold a televised press conference at 10.30 this morning. Fights over girls usually are, said Devine, who was still suspicious of why Chilton had even been at the bar that night. So, you frequent that place? Mason showed him the documents. See, Dev, youre reacting the same way I did. Its total bullshit...