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Ginny gasped and Hendrik had to steady her. Was she in the killer’s sights?
Detective Keating looked at Smith carefully. “Who paid you, sir?”
“I can’t say.” Smith gulped.
“Why not?”
“I just can’t. I’m sorry.”
Ginny felt the porter seemed very frightened and wondered if the person who’d paid him had also threatened him.
“Do you know that I can arrest you for covering for this person once I find them?” Detective Keating spoke in frustration.
“Then you’ll just have to do that, if you ever find them.”
Detective Keating eyed him closely. “And why is that, sir?”
“Because I can’t reveal who they are.”
“They must have paid you very handsomely,” Keating remarked.
“Indeed, sir.”
Detective Keating gasped and looked shocked. “You are admitting you are keeping quiet simply because you a
