09/02/2026 09:34

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I hope so, for the way things have been going won't do for either of us. Zack, I like your hunches; that's why I'm stringing along. Jeff asked me to call you, dear. Ergo, the ring callus was no coincidence; he was a West Pointer, an army officer, pretending to be a civilian.

Four weeks and no word from Sam Houston Jones. 'Why not? What's the matter with you, boy? Afraid someone will make you do penance? They won't, you know. When you get sick, just stop and wait until it's over. the (blank.