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SUMMARY OF BOOK 3
While investigators search for Katherine’s killer, another skeleton is added to the Barnes’s closet, the granddaughter has problems of her own.
BOOK 3 The next morning around 11:30, Bill entered the pharmacy. “Good morning, Sylvia. Is Andrew ready for lunch?” “How’re you doing? I’ll check and see if he’s ready,” she said, picking up the phone to call him, as Andrew came down the aisle.
“Bill, what sounds good for lunch today?” Andrew asked.
“Whatever?”
“Sylvia, we’ll be back,” he said, going out the door and stopped. Pointing down the street, Andrew said, “Sarah’s Diner is two blocks that way. Is that okay? “Sure.”
Entering the diner, the host seated them on the patio, while waiting for their food, …show more content…

They took a report, but never looked for any suspects. What can we do with that little, negligent, criminal? Ron Simpson is his uncle.”
“He’s the nephew of the Chief of Police,” Andrew said.
“You’re right. Aunt Gloria said she didn’t know why the girl was there because she only encouraged the boy.”
“I’m sure there was good reason for her being there,” Andrew said. Bill agreed and wondered why he hadn’t questioned the girl’s involvement before.
Suddenly, Andrew recalled, “Wait a minute, Aunt Gloria came into the drug store and asked me to help her. “I asked if she could wait until I finished with the customer.” A few minutes later, I noticed several teenagers had entered the store, they were getting chips and sodas. I didn’t pay any attention to them. They were laughing and fooling around as kids do. Suddenly, Gloria rushed out the door with her hands over her face. I thought she it upset her when it took me too long to help her, but I was still helping the other customer,”Andrew said, moving to one side to allow the waitress to serve their lunch.
“That was the day, she rushed to our house, crying, and said she was in the store and overheard the kids talking. Recognizing her attacker’s voice, she had to get out of there. We called the police, but they refused to do anything saying the alleged incident happened too long ago to do anything now. I know it was because his uncle told them to leave him alone.”
“Andrew, she's had nightmares

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