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“Well, that’s what happened at my house, wasn’t it?”
“No, it wasn’t. I was a witness to that murder. I didn’t intuit it.”
“Oh, that’s right. I’m sorry. I woke you for nothing.”
“You didn’t wake me. I was intuiting the murder on local TV news.”
“Are you going to have any trouble getting to sleep?”
“None at all.”
“Because maybe I could help.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t extend that invitation twice on the same night. That would be excessive.”
“Well,I’mgoing to have trouble sleeping tonight. Do you want to come over here?”
“Thanks, but I’m all settled in with the TV now. Perhaps another night soon.”
“How about tomorrow night?” she asked.
“Does the invitation include dinner?”
“Well, we can order in a pizza or Chinese. I don’t cook.”
“In that case, let’s do it at my house.” He gave her the house number. “Come over at about six o’clock. I’ll give you a drink, then dinner.”
“Are you cooking?”
“No, I employ a full-time cook, and she’s much better at it than I am.”
“How are we dressing?”
“In as little as we can get away with.”
“Hmmm,” she said. “See you at sixish.”
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Dino called. “Dinner tonight?”
“Sorry, I’m booked.”
“Aha!”
“It’s your fault,” Stone said. “You didn’t show for dinner last night, so I had to get myself picked up.”
“And we all know that is easily accomplished.”
“You heard about the killing at Joan’s house?”
“In East Hampton?”
“On the Upper East Side. You’re a little slow on the uptake, aren’t you? There’s a murder on your old stomping ground, and you don’t know about it.”
“The file just landed on my desk,” Dino said. “I’ll call you when I’ve had a look at it.” He hung up.
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