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It was raining hard. On the way he picked up a copy of the Province. Banner headlines screamed: Headless Corpse Number Two! He sat in the bus and read the lead story. The body of a young Japanese-Canadian female was found in her Broughton Street apartment at 7:20 am by her husband when he returned home from working the night shift. Police believe that the woman let the killer into her apartment, that it may have been someone she knew. Names are being withheld for the time being. It is the second brutal murder in the West End in two weeks.

In the spring and early summer, when most of the rain had finished and snow covered the mountains, Vancouver shone like a jewel. Vancouver was the most beautiful place in the world as far as Matty Kayle was concerned. Not that she’d traveled much—a trip to New York with her parents when she was ten. But, to Matty, Vancouver was fresher, younger than anything she had seen. Green and beautiful and sparkling. It was like the sweet and innocent child she’d never had. This afternoon she felt just fine.

Its unique grain swirled in surreal patterns under its clear glassy surface. “Albert’s hobby. He spends a lot of time in his workshop. It’s a terrible thing, the murder of that poor woman,” she said, changing the subject as she poured the tea. She pointed to her newspaper on the table and sighed. ” “Not likely. My colleague, Jack Wexler, is on the police beat. ” “The Clarion is only a weekly community paper, Matty, as you know. I like my job, but I don’t cover great events or important issues. Just the small stuff.