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Great. Now I had two motives for Isaac to have killed Vanda, or at least two variations on a theme—anger at her s****l escapades or anger at her treatment of their daughter. It seemed more important than ever to find out where Noel had been that night, but I was still hesitant to contact her directly, for all the reasons I said before and one more. I’m just a big wuss. I hate confrontation, at least in my personal life and on my own account. I can handle and even thrive on confrontation if I’m helping a client, although Noel’s case was proving an exception even on that count. I compromised. I knew she’d be at work, so I called her home number and left a message. Regardless of our personal problems, I needed to talk to her about what happened the night her mother was killed. I needed to
