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Joan seemed much more herself when she turned up on time for work Monday morning.
“How did you sleep last night?” Stone asked.
“Very well once I tucked the .45 under my pillow. It had a calming effect.”
“Have you heard any more from the police?”
“A detective called this morning, just to see if I was all right.”
“That’s not why he called.”
“You think he had something more in mind?”
“Based on my experience as a detective, I do. Calling the next morning was not on his checklist.”
“He was kind of cute,” she said.
“That’s what they used to say about me.”
“Uh-oh.” She went back to her desk.
FORTY-SIX
Stone was at his desk the following morning when Dino called.
“Good morning,” Stone said.
“I read the file. There was a murder the other night at Joan’s house.”
“Told you as much. Was anybody else hurt?”
“Just the maid. I think Eddie Jr. did it.”
“Do you have any evidence to support that contention?”
“Only my long experience as an investigator of homicides.”
“And that, as the saying goes, will get you a cup of coffee, if you already have seven bucks in your pocket.”
“You are a cynic.”
“I still haven’t heard any actual evidence from you.”
“We both know he did it.”
“Don’t point that thing at me! What’s your next move?”
“My people are already searching every room.”
“Did they notice that the extra Mercedes wagon in the garage was gone?”
“That was pointed out to them. It occurs to me that Joan may be in danger.”
“Why?”
“Because if she dies intestate, the estate will go to Eddie Jr.”
“She is not intestate. She made a new will early on, and the only mention in it of Eddie Jr. is that he be excluded from inheriting any part of it.”
