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Ward Everly took a break from watching Susan DiMarco and walked into Hector’s Hardware store to get duct tape.
“Hey, there, Ward,” said Hector. “How’s business?”
“Steady as always, knock on wood.”
“Did you hear about the trespasser over at The Peabody Mansion?” asked Hector, as he rang up the purchase.
“Nope. What’d you hear?”
“Somebody, dressed all in black, was running around the woods over there. My buddy Ace ran after him and got him long enough to rip a piece of fabric from the guy. He’s lucky Ace didn’t take a chunk of leg with it.” Hector chuckled at the thought. “The only thing that stopped him was Charlie Osgood yelling at him to come back.”
“Who told you that?”
“Well, you know, word gets around.”
Ward held his bag up. “Thanks, Hector.”
“Be seeing ya.”
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