Now You See Me (44 page)

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m—
fo
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th
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w
remainin
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nigh
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.

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o
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h
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hour
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fantasie
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th
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owner
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a
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th
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s
ha
d
ha
d
hi
m
carte
d
of
f
t
o
for
m
par
t
o
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th
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concret
e
foundation
s
o
f
a
ne
w
offic
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bloc
k,
tha
t
hi
s
disappearanc
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woul
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alway
s
b
e
a
loos
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en
d
tha
t
someon
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migh
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on
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da
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d
tha
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migh
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bac
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m
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t,
i
n
fac
t,
i
t
wa
s
jus
t
tha
t
th
e
staf
f
ther
e
wer
e
incuriou
s
beyon
d
m
y
expectation
s
.

I
t
wa
s
Frida
y
befor
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anyon
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bothere
d
t
o
investigat
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th
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roo
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wit
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th
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constan
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o
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Distur
b
notic
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an
d
th
e
ca
r
tha
t
hadn’
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bee
n
move
d
fo
r
nearl
y
a
wee
k.
B
y
the
n
ther
e
wa
s
a
Missin
g
Person
s
fil
e
ope
n
o
n
hi
m,
an
d
afte
r
tha
t
thing
s
move
d
swiftl
y
.

A
s
alway
s,I
wa
s
luck
y.
M
y
carefu
l
preparation
s
prove
d
unnecessar
y
i
n
th
e
en
d—
n
o,I
shouldn’
t
belittl
e
mysel
f,
the
y
ensure
d
tha
t
everythin
g
wa
s
consisten
t
a
t
th
e
pos
t-
morte
m.
I
t
wa
s
al
l
take
n
o
n
fac
e
valu
e,
an
d
h
e
wa
s
cremate
d
th
e
nex
t
wee
k.I
wa
s
a
t
th
e
funera
l
.