“Patricia?” Grace asked. “Maryellen? Who all’s there?” The men shook hands and Carter saw Patricia standing in the window and said something to the rest of them and they trooped up to the front porch in single file. “All of them,” Patricia said. The front door opened, and Carter walked into the hall, Blue right behind him. Then came Ed, who saw Maryellen standing at the base of the stairs and stopped. The rest of the men piled up behind him, hot evening air billowing in around them. “Ed,” Maryellen said. “Where are Detectives Cannon and Bussell?” “They’re not coming,” he said, fiddling with
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