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Since the bridge was completed in 1964, seventeen people had made the leap and none had survived the four-hundred-foot drop. The victim’s driver’s license was in her handbag. Identification was withheld, pending notification of the next of kin. ” “I am now. When I first read the article, I didn’t put it together with the obit. The police made the connection when they ran her name through their computer system. They called and talked to Mr. Koslo, who’d filed the charges against her. Mr. Koslo mentioned it to the guy who monitors the closed-circuit security cameras.

Nora might be the boss’s wife at home, but not where Thelma was concerned. Nora was ready to lower the boom. ” “We can do that later. Right now, I’m trying to get to this meeting before the situation blows up in my face,” he said as he headed out the door. “I’ll see you Wednesday. Traffic probably won’t be heavy. ” Nora stopped in her tracks. “For what? ” “What are you talking about? ” “A fund-raiser? In the middle of the week? ” “The annual dinner dance. Don’t play dumb. ” Nora followed him down the front steps.

You’re not the only one with friends,” he said. “At any rate, I talked to Maurice Berman this morning. He says you have a ring you’d like to sell. ” She reached into her bag and took out a ring box, which she handed him. He opened the box and found himself looking at a radiant-cut pink diamond, flanked by two white diamonds. ” “Five point four six. The setting is platinum and eighteen-carat gold. The smaller stones total one point seven carats. ” “I don’t have access to it. ” Dante let that pass, wondering if Channing Vogelsang knew what she was up to.