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    â€œYou’re not being straight with me, Laurie. You’re holding back. That’s of great concern.”
    â€œDamn you, Ben. I’m not holding anything back.”
    Susan heard the almost imperceptible catch in her throat.
    â€œYou care about finding out what happened to this girl?”
    â€œOf course I do. I honestly don’t know anything that could help.”
    Parkhurst let a couple beats tick past while he pinned her with his eyes. This time she held up to it without flinching. “I don’t know anything. Honestly, I don’t. Don’t you think I’d tell you if I did?”
    â€œLaura, something doesn’t feel right here. What are you hiding?”
    â€œNothing. I’ve told you. Nothing. Jesus, you haven’t changed a bit. Get your teeth into something and you shake it to death. For God’s sake, why would I hide something?”
    â€œI don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to get to. Where were you when she fell?”
    â€œWhat?” He’d jumped too fast and left Laura a step behind.
    â€œYou were supposed to be on the railing when it broke. Why weren’t you?”
    â€œOh. I was on my way back here after talking with that very nice officer.”
    â€œWhy were you talking with him?”
    â€œI wanted to ask him if he would do something for me.”
    â€œI’m sure, Laurie,” Parkhurst said tightly, “if you asked him and it was remotely within his power, he certainly would. Now, stop playing coy and tell me what you wanted from him. I assume it wasn’t simply his hard, lean body.”
    â€œDon’t be crude, Ben.” Her blue eyes lost the glazed look and flashed anger. “I wanted him to ask you to come see me.”
    â€œWhy?”
    An impish smile played around her mouth. “You can’t think of any reason? None at all?”
    â€œCan it.”
    Laura’s eyes teared again. “It’s hard to explain. It’s like smoke, when I try to catch hold of it, there’s nothing there.”
    â€œWhat’s like smoke?”
    â€œSomething brooding and ugly. It worried me.”
    â€œThreatening? Directed at you?”
    Susan didn’t know what to make of this under-the-surface ugliness story. There was way too much emotion here. Too damn much drama. She’d been a cop a long time; her ears were tuned to pick up false notes, and there was something false here.
    â€œWhat did you want from me?” Parkhurst asked.
    â€œI wanted to ask you to help. I knew you’d want to do all you could for your wife.”

4
    â€œI wanna know!”
    Exactly, Susan thought, but while the words were hers, the voice wasn’t. It was male, loud, and came from outside.
    Parkhurst at her elbow, his eyes guarded, she opened the trailer door to see what was going on. A tall young man, red hair, both fists clenched at his sides, was demanding to see the cop in charge.
    Fiery eyes shifted to her. “Who are you?”
    â€œThis is Robin McCormack.” Yancy put a restraining hand on the young man’s arm, a hand that looked casual but was firm enough to make McCormack wince.
    â€œIt’s okay,” she said to Yancy. “I’ll talk to him. And would you get Ellis over here?”
    Feet planted, hands loose by his side, Parkhurst stood ready for any aggressive moves from McCormack.
    Cast and crew were all staying at the Sunflower Hotel. They were transported back and forth to base camp or set by vans. Superstars like Laura Edwards had their own personal town cars with drivers, muscular guys who could respond as bodyguards if needed.
    Susan told Officer Ellis, another big muscular guy, a weight lifter and boxer, to stick on Ms. Edwards’s tail like a burr. Anything happened to her and his ass was on the line. When the actress was tucked in and rolling away with Ellis in a squad car on the bumper, Susan asked Yancy to find Nick Logan and bring him around,