About my husband. Yes.

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    Youre askin me to believe  youre t.

    Bell smiled. Yes mam, . I just   makin up a  trouble s killed t to live . But I can do it. I just  you to t if you can.

    All right.

    Can I ask you somethin?

    You can ask.

    I kno supposed to ask a   be a bit curious.

    ts all rigeen. I look younger.

    how long have you all been married?

    t three years.

    Bell nodded. My  a fe in t. I t. Are you ready?

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    Bell nodded. I aint a stranger to ts, Carla Jean. ts is very  familiar to me.

    still mostly dark out  table and reache phone.

    Sheriff Bell, he said.

    ened for about tes. te you callin me. Yep. Its  just out and out  is. I dont kno.

    of t nine-fifteen in t in t tos taken  in treet three hours earlier.

    to em, the sheriff said.

    I hear you, said Bell.

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    Can ake a look?

    Yeah. e can go over.

    treet ill roped off but t muco see. t of tel  reet.

    tires and glass s out of t-metal tle rings of  bare steel around toreet  s up and the blood hosed away.

    in tel do you reckon?

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