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“Julie, the man who phoned was just some crazy person,” Chase said
Оглавление“Honest, Daddy?”
“Yes…” He waited, suspecting his daughter wasn’t quite done.
Sure enough, she said, “Anne was just gonna tell me how we could stop the police from thinking Aunt Rachel killed Graham.”
“You told Anne that Rachel is the girlfriend the reporters are referring to?”
“No, just that I knew somebody with a problem….”
“Julie, why did you think you should talk to Anne about this?”
“Because she knows all about what the police do. When Penelope Snow figures things out in Anne’s books, that’s only make-believe. Really it’s Anne.”
“I know, baby. But when she makes up a story she puts in details that all fit together. That doesn’t mean she can figure out a real-life mystery.”
“Yes, she can. ’Cuz she used to be a private detective. She told me her father’s one, too.”
“Really,” he said again, his brain shifting gears. Here he was, not knowing what on earth he should do, and he’d suddenly acquired a neighbor who might be able to give him some advice. “Julie? Do you think it would be okay if I went back over and talked to Anne with you?”
