“You had to know I wasn’t going to bring her back here,” he said. I looked back up at Brand. “So I began thinking,” he said, “there must be some other reason you brought up my agreement with Ursula. And I realized that if I were in your position, I would do the same.” Brand reached into a valise next to his chair and produced another document. He handed it to me. There was a wax seal on it. It read Spokane County and Official Deed and Bill of Sale. The building was listed as the Bailey Hotel, Spokane, Washington. “This is the hotel we talked about her running,” he said. “Fifty-two
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