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  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Dedication
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“Don’t worry, I’ll ask Mrs. Frawley,” Regan said. “Maybe she has some of that information. Please try not to get too upset. There could be a simple explanation. Hopefully you’ll hear from Cleo very soon.”

Yaya whimpered. “Call us when you hear anything. We’re on our way.”

When Regan hung up the phone, she and Nora were silent for a moment. “And I didn’t even tell them about the dead flowers,” Regan said.

“What are you going to do?”

“I don’t want to make phone calls from here. I’ll go out to the car.”

They walked out of the laundry room. Regan replaced the receiver in the kitchen while Nora went to find Edna. In the living room, Jody had just completed a sale. “Pull up your truck to the front,” she said to an older woman accompanied by two muscular young men. “Then come in and get the couch.”

“Jody?” Regan asked after the threesome were out of earshot.

“Yes,” Jody answered, giving the clear impression she didn’t want to waste time talking.

“Cleo’s parents sent her that trunk with the skulls from Europe because they’re planning to open a museum. They’re sure Cleo didn’t mean to leave it behind. Is there any way we’d be able to get the skulls back from that couple and refund them the money?”

Jody tried to smile. “Oh, Regan. You saw how crazy those two were. Did they really look to you like they would ever give back anything associated with Cleo Paradise?”

42

On the 747 headed from San Diego to Newark, Karen Fulton was restless. After sitting on the tarmac for what seemed like forever, they’d finally taken off. She was checking her watch every two seconds. A watched pot never boils, she thought. But a watched watch is even worse.

She sighed. When I think of all the days I don’t have enough time. I rush around but still can’t get everything done. And here I am stuck in a middle seat for another four hours with nothing to do but worry. My computer is dead, I’ve already seen the movie they’re showing and didn’t like it, and the book I was reading is inside my bag that’s crammed into the overhead bin. I didn’t have time to dig it out when I boarded the plane and I don’t dare try and retrieve it now. Maybe when the movie is over I’ll get up my courage. But the flight attendants already can’t stand me.