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Chapter 42

Grandma: “So, you’re staying with this detective?”

Nate: “Not yet, but I will be when we get to Jacksonville. He says he’s got two spare bedrooms. As far as I’m concerned, he saved my life, and I feel safe with him around. By the way, and this is extremely important—please don’t tell Mom or Reggie that you’ve heard from me. I’m going to let the lawyer handle that.”

As soon as Nate ended the call, I sent an e-mail to Mitch asking for his advice; he replied a few minutes later.

“Look at this,” I said. “Mitch thinks that we should go to Orlando tomorrow, just as soon as I’ve interviewed the people I came to see.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

12

Silver Springs, FLThursday morning

WHEN WE WENT downstairs for our free breakfast Thursday morning, the headline on a discarded copy of the local newspaper caught my eye. I skimmed the article and told Nate I was going to the front desk for a minute. I left and returned with two copies of the Ocala Star-Banner