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Her face grew serious, then. “He doesn’t have a claim does he?”
I shook my head. “Not as far as I can tell. The line of title is very clear. He’d have to be able to prove that something illegal happened in order to have any case.”
“Okay, good.” She looked back toward the group. “You going over there?”
Nick Benfer caught my eye and gave me a little head tilt. “I guess so,” I said. “Care to keep me company?”
She studied the group a minute and then said, “Sure, why not?”
Saul was coming out of the bulldozer, so I asked him if Sawyer could “help” him for a few minutes.
The two of us strode toward the group where the tension was so thick it felt like walking through syrup. Well, that could have been the humidity, but it still wasn’t a comfortable moment.
As soon as I walked up, Santia
