RICKY NIELL left the beach house early the next morning to meet Ray Lee Orton at the federal building in Bradenton, and the Brandens drove south past the tall, Spanish-tiled resort condominiums on Longboat Key. At New Pass, they joined the line of vehicles waiting for the drawbridge, and once the drawbridge had lowered into place, they crossed over to Lido Key, negotiated St. Armand’s Circle, and went over the high arching span of the white bridge on the John Ringling Causeway into downtown Sarasota. Turning right at the busy intersection with Tamiami Trail, they skirted the long curve of the city harbor on the right. Once past the tall white-stone and mirrored-glass condominiums on the left, they turned east on Bahia Vista Boulevard, heading to Miller’s Amish Restaurant and Clock Shoppe on Beneva, a few blocks north of Pinecraft village. The restaurant would open at nine thirty, and they hoped to speak with Jodie before that, if she showed up for work that morning. When they reached the parking lot, there were eight cars and trucks parked at the back of the lot and one car in the front lot, with two older people sitting in the front seat with the windows down, waiting to be first in the breakfast line.
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