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Ill be so damned glad when this is all over. This whole house has lost its mind. Everybody snapping at each other and Ted calling up people and screaming at them. You sure cant count on him in a crisis. If her own sweater and jeans didn’t make her look like a coed, they certainly helped present her as an appealing middle-aged woman. Dorley said,Has it ever occurred to you, Mr. Mason, that the authorities might try to implicate Dorothy Fenner in the murder? You okay? What happened? What about him? draw toon link Everywhere. Theyve booked the whole hotel. All Devine could think of was Christie Brinkley in the red Ferrari driving that sucker Chevy Chase to the gates of horny Hell. While that movie had been made before he was even born, it was a classic and still brought a shit-eating grin to Devines face. Thats right. If I ever sawthat woman again, Id have known her... like I did when I saw her in that lineup... only maybe the time I saw her on La Brea— Now wait a minute. I just dont know. Myers finished with the lights, clipped the cover shut, and climbed down.That was the worst damn day of my life, he muttered. The train gathered speed as the signal problem vanished. Later, Devine trudged out of the station. He would walk home, go to sleep, and then rise early. He would perform the workout he had pretty much done every day since leaving the Army. He would shower in the darkness, eat his breakfast, and head to this very same station as the sun rose. At least tomorrow was Saturday. Which meant he had only one more day of toil until his only day off for the week. At the fuckin Odd Fellows Hall, can you imagine? Ten years ago I got the membership to vote that we oughta have our own headquarters. So they gave me the okay and I built us a hell of a fine place. Two stories, nice big meeting hall, even a recreation room and plenty of office space. Even hada nice little wet bar in my office. Well, day before yesterday, I tell em I wanta use the union meeting hall and they lie to me and tell me its all booked up. So I gotta go rent the goddamn Odd Fellows Hall for fifty dollars. Hell, I don’t mind the money. I’ve paid more’n that to watch two flies fuck. It’s the principle of the thing. Have you told Audrey? he said. Mason hung up, looked at his wristwatch, said to Della,Well, youd better stay on, too. Ill buy you a dinner. No. You go get some sleep. Well, within a very short time. Detective Wade, Im going to say something here that could get me in trouble if you didnt go along with it...