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FORGOTTEN WITNESSA JOSIE BATES THRI
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ContentsForAUTHOR’S NOTECHAPTER 1
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ForAnnemaire Boehm-Forstermy mom wh
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In his State of the Union address,
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Josie picked up the scotch and touc
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Behind the bamboo stands and bushes
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Josie pushed aside her drink, got o
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for a while. When he found that pho
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“Do you know what time it is, Jo?
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CHAPTER 10It didn’t take Josie lo
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magnificent, awe-inspiring bit of n
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sifting through a canopy of exotic
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Eugene Weller had his finger on the
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smoothing things over. You’ll see
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distract him. There was a buffet wi
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“What’s your pleasure?” - Bar
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move your woman there. Maybe that w
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“Wait in my office,” Reynolds c
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own ear his anger and frustration s
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was coming, she would run away agai
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“Confusing a resident like Emily
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within the confines of Federal park
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Emily looked at Reynolds as he hunk
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breath against her cheek. Josie ope
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“I left him with our relatives. I
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Neurocentrism” or the view that h
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me. I know. I’ve seen it. There
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“Ah, so you’re someone. Lovely.
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much as she appreciated Stephen Kyl
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“Where are you?” - Josie“Just
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Stephen locked the last window and
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three-by-five cards on which people
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Josie shrugged with seeming nonchal
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people were hugging one another goo
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“Nothing quite so exotic,” he c
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“Good enough for government work
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he should tell Johnson the rest. In
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Last year, in October, the congress
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led from the noisy kitchen. Amelia
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“I didn’t say that Mr. Reynolds
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“This isn’t funny.” She snapp
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The apology and protestations and l
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Eugene went to the small coffee roo
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CHAPTER 15Lydia Patriota’s party
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were an ordinary napkin. Ambrose wa
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husband. “You don’t want to los
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“You can’t be all passive aggre
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Reynolds or sue me or worse.”“B
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Josie was not immune to her pleas.
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“There are standing requests by t
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“Never, sir,” Eugene breathed,
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“Still here. Portland PD got back
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floor where Judge Mohr waited for t
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“Of sorts, although there are no
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“I am,” Josie answered. “She
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Judge Iona, but last I heard she wa
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“Emotions are running high, Your
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“Then why don’t we have an affi
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“Since Ms. Bates seems to be a re
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CHAPTER 17“Good lord, woman, will
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sense. I was just under the impress
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shall want the rights to that museu
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“Of course there is some informat
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Everything is possible, nothing is
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“Methinks you’re not quite all
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The rain came again, pounding for o
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“Stephen. What’s the name of th
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“C or K on Cote? - Archer“C. C-
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The boat kicked and bucked over a p
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Answer the woman.“When I was a gi
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“I’m sorry it’s going to rain
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“Let’s go.”At the sound of hi
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“Came to say goodbye, Madge.” -
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When Ambrose was done he walked alo
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Ambrose added a few more numbers to
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“And this is relevant because?”
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“Oh, for God’s sake,” Woodrow
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particular male game: blocking an e
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ready to meet his demands.“Lady,
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“I’m at the hospital, Jo.” -
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Johnson took another drag and this
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“You’re not going to do anythin
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Ambrose laughed, “No, nothing lik
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when she finally figured out what t
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Maybe he was being indicted.Maybe S
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“The girl’s name is Sandy Macin
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“Okay,” Amelia sighed. “Have
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but couldn’t see the one importan
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shoes and put them neatly by the de
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CHAPTER 23It was almost midnight wh
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“Are you crazy? Are you crazy?”
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vehemently. It was a dead end. Amel
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CHAPTER 24The Speaker of the House,
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“That would make better press tha
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Keeping his weapon steady he sidest
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no idea if Emily was strong enough
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Restricted Environmental Stimulatio
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“I suppose,” Josie muttered. Sh
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could not only explain her mother
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nameless woman dead only doors down
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She needn’t have worried. The onl
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CHAPTER 26Aolani sat cross-legged o
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Aolani and Anuhea, sat in the deck
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“Is there something I can help yo
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other and confirmed the pitiful exc
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more drink while he waited out the
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CHAPTER 27Josie sat on the sand wit
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No one in the room could argue with
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“A brilliant ploy,” Faye agreed
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subjected to experimental drugs and
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“The body count was correct. Ther
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no attention to the car that approa
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CHAPTER 28While the others slept, J
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Emily and Amelia were at one end of
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Back in the hall, Josie got on to h
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CHAPTER 29Josie’s Jeep flew past
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“Do, you remember writing this?
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“Your father was frantic when he
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“There was nothing you could have
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CHAPTER 30Josie walked into the Rus
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“I do,” Josie said. “The last
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“Sit down, Josie. I may call you
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“Do not make us out to be barbari
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Horn and spend fifteen years of you
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“I can barely hear you. Jo? You t
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wiping.“I did. We’ll scatter hi
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cannot let this pass without a comp
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Once outside Burt’s, Josie and Ar
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THE MENTORby Rebecca ForsterFor Jud
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***Someone pushed him, kind of slap
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“Evening, sir. Son. Think I could
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there was even something more intri
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actually run a load. She was too bu
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