It overlooked the marina. From there he had been keeping an eye on Anne, waiting on a bench, the valise beside her. She looked small and young and as anxious as a waif running away from home. The sight of her there, and realizing what she had gone through so far, disturbed him. He was damned if he knew why she took over Billy’s agency. If it wasn’t craziness, he didn’t know what it was. Maybe some side effect of Billy’s death had set her off. Maybe it was some women’s lib thing. It was beyond his understanding. He admitted that, but he had done his best to discourage her. He had gotten her a job, one that anyone else would have jumped at. He couldn’t tell her – or for sure she would have turned him down – but the job was hers for the taking. Not that he had pulled strings, but he had convinced the right people that she was perfect for the position. And after all that, it looked like she was going to pass on it. The waitress brought a smoked meat on rye sandwich.
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