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something very hard and very quickly before throwing it into a pan to sizzle. “I don’t talk about my customers,” he said.
“If she’s in trouble,” I said, “I can help.”
Jake turned around then and gave me a look like I was a fifth wheel after all. It didn’t look like he really meant it, but I still didn’t like getting it. “You?” he asked. “Some stranger who just wan-dered into the diner?”
“I’m not a stranger,” I said, and pointed to his book. “I read the same authors you do.”
Jake thought about this for a minute, and the food started to smell good. “Miss Knight was in here yesterday morning,” he said, “about ten thirty.”
“Ten thirty?” I asked. “Are you sure about that?”
“Sure I’m sure,” he said.
“Did she have breakfast?”
“Tea,” he said. “It helps her think.”
“Did she say anything?”
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