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Thursday - Friday
Chaos reigned at the newspaper office. By the
time Peter arrived, Cathy was desperately eager to get away for a
while. He hadn't changed clothes after work but had removed his
jacket and tie.
"I called the nursing home to check on their
J. Townsend, just in case," he told her when they were in the car
and on the away to Sunrise Hills Road. "He's eighty-six and has
Alzheimer's disease."
"That narrows the list."
"To one," Peter agreed.
2444-C Sunrise Hills Road was one of a small
strip of apartments hovering between low-rent respectability and
seediness. The woman who answered their knock was about forty-five,
ripely overweight, and had henna-rinsed brown hair.
"Mrs. Townsend?" Peter asked.
She nodded and stared at them suspiciously as
Peter introduce
