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  64. AUTHOR’ S NOTE

“Then he’ll just have to be livid. By the way, Evan says the police are looking into Harry’s death. You did say that Warren is a chemist, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, yeah, I get it, Stone. But you and I don’t have any grounds for calling the police in. Warren and his son have been estranged for years; we can’t just accept the boy’s theory of Harry’s death. If Evan has suspicions, then he should share them with the local police.”

“I’ll mention that to him, if I see him again.”

“What do you mean, if you see him again?”

“Well, I don’t have any further plans to contact him. He may be contacting me, because a friend of his here got himself murdered, and the local cops want to have a chat with Evan. I don’t think he had anything to do with it.”

“God, what a nest of snakes this is turning into.”

“Bill, why don’t you make a few phone calls and check into Warren Keating’s background. It may be that if he’s trying to screw his son on this deal, you’ll want to resign the account.”

“I’m not in the habit of resigning accounts,” Eggers said.

“If Evan should decide to sue his father over this, the law fi rm could get dragged into it as a defendant. And frankly, I don’t think Evan is going to be bought off easily. Maybe you’d better broach the subject with Warren and get him to divide the sales proceeds equally.”

“This is all very distasteful,” Eggers said.

“You want me to talk to Warren? If he goes nuts, you can always blame it all on me.”

“I’ll talk to the man,” Eggers said.

“And you’ll get back to me?”

“Give me a day or two.”

“You want me to hang here until then?”

“Yes. I want somebody near Evan Keating, if we need to negotiate with him. You won’t mind working on your tan for a little longer, will you?”

“I’ll tough it out,” Stone said, then hung up.

“I’ll tough it out, too,” Dino said.

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THEY FINISHED BREAKFAST , and Stone called Tommy Sculley. “Hey, Tommy.”

“Hey, Stone.”

“What happened with Evan Keating?”

“We brought him in for a chat. He said he didn’t know Charley Boggs was dead until you told him. He seemed upset about it.”

“Yeah, he said he and Charley had known each other since they were in prep school.”

“It’s hard to think of Charley in prep school, but we’re checking with the school now to confirm all this.”

“What’s your take on Keating’s possible involvement?”

“I’m inclined to think he’s not involved, but I’ve been burned before, so I’m not going to form an opinion until I’ve checked everything out.”

“Did he tell you about Charley using his boat?”