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.Nothing on Gull orLarsen.Whatever Gull s transgressions had been, they d remained private.Which might very well be the point.Had Gavin learned something that made him a threat to Gull?Was the secret something to do with the Quick family? Why had Jerome Quicklied about Barry Silver being a golfing buddy? Why hadn t he told us that he,himself, had spearheaded the referral?Did Quick have some kind of prior relationship with Koppel or Gull? Somespecific reason he wanted Gavin under the group s care?If so, he wasn t saying, and now Gavin was dead.And so was his therapist.I turned it over a couple of times, produced nothing but a headache, brokefor a cup of coffee, found the machine empty, and was loading it when NedBiondi called. Doc, he said. Sorry for not keeping in touch, but I just moved, and theboxes aren t even unpacked. Oregon? The other direction.Got myself a great little apartment on Coronado Island.Page 157 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlDinky little place because everything s so expensive, but what do I need, oneguy. I said, It s pretty out there. Got a view of the bay, the bridge.Norma and I got divorced.To be accurate,I divorced her.Last year. Sorry to hear about it. Don t be, I should ve done it years ago.She s a mean woman, terriblemother you remember how she wouldn t give you the time of day, wouldn tparticipate in Anne Marie s treatment? I do. Ice queen, he spit. As far as I m concerned she was a big part of AnneMarie s problem, I should ve recognized it sooner.You probably saw it, butyou couldn t come out and say that, right? Go divorce your wife, Ned. You dhave said that, I d have fired you.But you d have been right. How s Anne Marie? Mostly good, he said. Not always great.She has her moods, but most of thetime, good.That husband of hers is okay, and they just had a third kid.Career-wise, she never got it together, but she says she loves being a mom andwhy shouldn t I believe her? She s a terrific mom, the kids love her, Bobloves her.Do you know what made me realize I needed to divorce Norma? What? I decided to quit smoking.Finally got serious about it.So what does Normado? Tries to talk me out of it, I m talking a pitched battle.She didn t wantto quit because smoking was something we did together cigarettes and coffee inthe morning, reading the paper.Taking walks and puffing away like the cancerfiends we were.She actually accused me of abandoning her by wanting to quit.I stuck to my guns, and she went ballistic.So I sat back and thought, Dummy,she doesn t care if you get sick or die, she just wants what she wants, it sall about her. Thirty-five years too late, but what the hell, I m here, andshe moved to New York to write a novel and I m wearing the patch and haveworked myself down to seven Winstons a day. Congratulations. Thanks.So what can I do for you? I told him about the photo of the blond girl.He said, I ll make a call, but I m sorry to say I can t promise you, Doc.The paper s not about public service if it ever was.It s about peddling adspace, and that means going for the hook.From what you re telling me there sno juicy angle to this one. A double killing? I said. Two kids up on Mulholland? Unfortunately L.A. s more of a company town than it ever was, and juicemeans a Hollywood tie-in.Give me a klepto starlet boosting scanties on Rodeo,and I ll guarantee you lots of print inches.Two kids on Mulholland is tragic,but it ain t man bites dog. Page 158 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html How about this for a hook: The police didn t want to release the photobecause it was too early in the investigation, but an anonymous sourcesupplied it to theTimes. Hmm, he said. Maybe the editors will go for that, they ve got a reflexivedislike of authority.Anytime they can show they re not in lockstep with LAPDit makes them feel the muckrackers they wish they were.okay, I ll try
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