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Chapter 22

I did some careful searching of the public records of Hillsborough County and three surrounding counties as well, making copious notes in a WordPerfect document as I went.

Thank God I brought a little laser printer with me, I thought.When I get back to my motel room, it’s gonna be busy.

To keep my cover story authentic, I’d actually torn a couple of pages from one of the free real estate magazines I’d picked up when I stopped at a gas station. To kill time, I had a look at the two properties in question, both of which conveniently had flyers available in curbside containers. By the time I headed for the restaurant, I knew enough about the two properties that I could talk intelligently about them. I worked out a little script in my mind that would lead Mr. Ramirez to thinking more about his own little real estate empire, and I hoped that I’d be able to remember everything I extracted from his thoughts.