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CHAPTER6It was a short drive. I pas
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JOHN HARTIt was happening again.“
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JOHN HART“You were with her. You
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JOHN HART“I want you to give him
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JOHN HART“I never knew the boy th
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JOHN HARThe looked at the caller ID
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JOHN HART“Can we see her yet?”T
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JOHN HARTThe cops got nothing.Back
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CHAPTER8Ilooked for Jamie as we hit
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JOHN HARTGeorge hesitated. “The h
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JOHN HART“Adam?”“You found a
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JOHN HARTI slammed my open palm aga
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JOHN HARTMy friend.He ducked low an
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CHAPTER9They stuffed me in the back
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JOHN HART“Talking a bit.”I nodd
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JOHN HARTupon her shoulders like a
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JOHN HARTthe time. Then something c
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JOHN HARTIt was a good offer. He me
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JOHN HART“Maybe a good thing you
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JOHN HART“Because she’s going t
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JOHN HART“What kind of mythology?
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JOHN HART“If this had been in the
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JOHN HARTmy father, sensing this, t
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JOHN HART“Mom wants you,” she s
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JOHN HART“I did what I felt I had
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JOHN HARTMy father’s face went wh
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JOHN HARTraised a hand and said som
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JOHN HARTwas in trouble, but he nev
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JOHN HART“That’s about what I f
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JOHN HARTlooking for arrowheads. Th
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JOHN HARTAnd there was something el
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JOHN HARTme. She’d chosen her mom
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CHAPTER13We drank bourbon in the st
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JOHN HART“On what grounds?” Dol
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JOHN HART“I thought that this was
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JOHN HART“I’m asking,” Granth
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CHAPTER15Iwoke at five and saw ligh
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JOHN HARTI searched for something t
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JOHN HART“Get some rest,” I tol
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JOHN HART“Your stepmother was slo
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JOHN HARTHe studied the group, and
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JOHN HART“I didn’t mean it, you
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CHAPTER16Idrove to the farm, took t
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JOHN HART“She looks bad.”An eye
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JOHN HARTMy father looked at Dolf.
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JOHN HART“Any message?” I asked
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JOHN HARTlooked like river bottom.
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JOHN HARTto her.” There was laugh
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CHAPTER17She left me without anothe
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JOHN HART“How so?”“Grantham w
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JOHN HART“Why?”“Nothing could
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JOHN HARTThe disquiet slid off Dolf
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JOHN HARTthought he was in Florida.
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JOHN HARTto look up. “The police
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JOHN HART“If I share my informati
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JOHN HARTa second. I opened my arms
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JOHN HART“It won’t happen like
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JOHN HARTWhen my father came out of
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JOHN HART“A warrant for whose arr
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JOHN HARTshattered. He kept an arm
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JOHN HART“I appreciate the though
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JOHN HARTDolf ’s name, and the ba
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JOHN HARTParks stood out in his imm
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JOHN HART“I’ll make some calls,
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JOHN HARTyou’re being overheard,
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JOHN HART“You need him.”Dolf wa
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JOHN HARTI stared.“That was his o
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JOHN HARTI heard Dolf ’s voice in
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JOHN HART“It was a strange thing,
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JOHN HART“I’ve got to go,” I
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JOHN HART“Let me get dressed.”S
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JOHN HARTtruck was gone. He was sti
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JOHN HART“Somehow, I don’t thin
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JOHN HART“And Dad doesn’t know?
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JOHN HARTShe withdrew further over
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JOHN HARTslipped the scrap of paper
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JOHN HART“You can have one minute
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CHAPTER23My father was drunk. He wa
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JOHN HARTHe waved a hand. “I can
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JOHN HARTsmiled broadly, hands on h
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JOHN HARTHe gave me the same unforg
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JOHN HARTThen he turned and was gon
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JOHN HARTThe facts on Danny’s dea
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JOHN HARTsomething to do.” She pa
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JOHN HARTmay be a bigger player tha
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JOHN HARTtimes before voice mail ki
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JOHN HARTfrom his shirt collar. Swe
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JOHN HARTmen smelling of smoke and
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JOHN HARTShe raised her hand to the
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JOHN HARTI crossed the Salisbury li
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CHAPTER25It was still dark when Rob
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JOHN HARTHe was clearly shaken, and
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JOHN HARTShe pulled up when we were
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JOHN HARTup. “I always knew he ha
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JOHN HART“I checked with the util
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JOHN HART“Grantham’s smart. I
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CHAPTER26Icalled Jamie and got his
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JOHN HART“He owns the Laundromat
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JOHN HART“Look, there’s not muc
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JOHN HART“Three hundred thousand.
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CHAPTER27The address for Zeb Faith
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JOHN HARTand stole the doll off the
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JOHN HARThouse. I pulled in behind
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JOHN HARTHe turned the key. I stood
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JOHN HART“You dated him?”“We
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CHAPTER28Isat up fast. Dead-of-nigh
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JOHN HARTbitter swell of it in the
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JOHN HARTdrinking day and night, su
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JOHN HARTThe door stood open a crac
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JOHN HART“The gambling is my prob
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CHAPTER29We spent the next six hour
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JOHN HARTHe walked straight up to m
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JOHN HART“I was in New York.”Hi
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JOHN HART“Did he kill his own son
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JOHN HART“Yes,” I said.“All r
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CHAPTER30Dinner was painful. I foug
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JOHN HART“What time did you have
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JOHN HARTShe levered herself out of
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JOHN HARThere, canoe at the dock. I
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JOHN HARTShe measured me, debating
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JOHN HARTHe moved to stand beside m
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JOHN HARTdread overtook me. I thoug
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JOHN HARTjaws two inches apart. The
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JOHN HART“I’m sorry,” she sai
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JOHN HARTThe pistol wavered. Miriam
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JOHN HARTfrom the truth of what Mir
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JOHN HARTyou to do something for me
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JOHN HART“You’re missing the on
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CHAPTER33Icalled George Tallman at
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JOHN HARTI tried to stay calm, but
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JOHN HART“I told her,” he said.
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JOHN HART“Get Janice,” I said.
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JOHN HARTMy father.My stepmother.Sh
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JOHN HARTI placed the card on the e
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JOHN HART“Maybe tomorrow.”I tho
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JOHN HART“I’ll make it.”“Da
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JOHN HARTIt was Dolf who finally ex
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JOHN HARTtrees spread above the nei
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JOHN HARTand shook like a leaf in h
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JOHN HARTwill. Jamie still had his
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An excerpt fromTHELAST CHILDbyJOHN
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Chapter OneJohnny learned early. If
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THE LAST CHILDJohnny studied the do
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THE LAST CHILDA hundred bucks.Food
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THE LAST CHILDhe was supposed to pi
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THE LAST CHILDHe waited.Johnny trie
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THE LAST CHILDHe put the car in gea
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THE LAST CHILDened her still had it
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THE LAST CHILDthat curved between t
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THE LAST CHILDdid not help neighbor
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THE LAST CHILD“Uncle Steve.”“
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THE LAST CHILDand level. He had thi
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THE LAST CHILDday she disappeared:
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THE LAST CHILDsaw recognition snap
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THE LAST CHILD“Johnny—”“The