such, the franchise depends on currency and continuity. If Walton Weeks were off the market for an extended time, his value would diminish substantially. For everyone.”
“Do you plan to litigate?” Jesse said to Stephanie Weeks.
“No. She got him away from me fair and square,”
Stephanie said. “She’s earned it.”
Lorrie looked at Stephanie but said nothing.
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“What are your plans?” Jesse said to Hendricks.
“I hope to continue Walton’s legacy,” Hendricks said. “In some capacity or other.”
“Why all this interest in the estate?” Gates said.
“Just assembling information,” Jesse said.
“You think his inheritance would be a motive?” Gates said.
“We’ve drawn no conclusions,” Jesse said.
“Do you have a theory of the crime?”
“The same gun killed Walton Weeks and Carey Longley,”
Jesse said. “We speculate that it was used by the same person or persons.”
“That’s it?” Gates said.
“Yep. Anyone know why he was in Boston?”
No one answered.
“Mrs. Weeks?” Jesse said to Lorrie.
“Just said he was going up on business,” Lorrie said.
“How long was he going to stay?”
“He didn’t say.”
“You didn’t worry about it when he was gone for a while?”
“He was often gone for a while,” Lorrie said. “Our marriage was not about keeping tabs.”
“Did he do that when you were married to him?” Jesse said to Stephanie.
“Yes. Usually he was with a woman. Toward the end of our marriage the woman was her.” Stephanie pointed at Lorrie with her chin.
“Oh, like you were Miss Stay-at-home Faithful,” Lorrie said. “You were pretty busy yourself.”
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“Weren’t we all,” Stephanie said.
Lorrie reddened.
