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“I can’t take a week off,” she said.
“Why not?”
“Because you can’t get along without me for a week.”
“You have a point,” Stone said. “But I’m willing to give it a try, so you can get being rich out of your system.”
“I can go shopping this weekend,” she said.
“Oh, all right, if you insist.”
The phone rang. “I mean,” Joan said, “who would keep you from having to talk to Eddie Jr.”
“The police, maybe. He’s the prime suspect.”
“I suppose so. Does he have an alibi?”
“He thinks he does, but he doesn’t.”
“What’s his alibi?”
“That he’s been in East Hampton for two days.”
“That sounds pretty good to me,” Joan said.
“Sure it does, but he can’t prove it.”
“Annetta has a beautiful house in East Hampton.”
“No,youhave a beautiful house in East Hampton.”
“I suppose I do, don’t I? Well, that’s one thing I won’t have to buy. Is Eddie out there?”
“He says he’s been there for two days, but nobody has seen him there.”
“Not good, huh?”
“Not good. Joan, will you tell me something about Eddie?”
“Sure.”
“He’s supposed to be so smart—Yale, law school, the bar exam. If he’s that smart, why is he so unalterably stupid?”
“That’s always puzzled me, too.”
“He thinks he can say he was in East Hampton, andpresto!He’s in East Hampton. Is he that stupid?”
“I believe him to be,” Joan said.
“And he keeps saying that I’m his lawyer when I’ve told him repeatedly that I’m not.”
“That’s Eddie Jr. for you.” The phone rang.
“No,that’sEddie Jr.,” Stone said.
Joan picked up the phone. “The Barrington Practice. Yes, he’s here.” She held out the phone for Stone. “It’s Dino.”
Stone took the phone. “Good morning.”
