’ ‘If that is the case, there are plenty of young men who’d thank Allah every day for one of your daughters.’ ‘But none of them have any pro...pects. If I give one of my daughters to any of them my wife would never forgive me. I’m using the internet to search for some suitable husbands in Turkey or Jordan for my other daughters, but this one is the best prospect for Laila. He’s an American, all Americans are rich.’ ‘But he’s a foreigner!’ ‘Laila knows English, she’ll fit in wherever she goes.’ . Well maybe a speck or two." Are you surprised?" I asked Linda.She nodded. "He had like an ounce of coke. He kept it in a stand alone safe in the bedroom with cash. I think he locked it, but it stood gaping open when I awoke. And empty." Do you know the coroner?" I asked Chloe."Not directly. I have an inside with one of the detectives, but nothing's come of it yet. I'm sure they're still working on the corpse." Anything from Kenneth?" Jesus Mannhoffer seems to have disappeared." Mannhoffer?". When I awoke late in the afternoon, had dozed fitfully for hours, off and on, I went down and helped Mum get the barby ready and assisted her in preparing salads. After the spuds were peeled and there was nothing else to do I borrowed her car and went down to the local pool for a quick dip, feeling infinitely better afterwards. I stopped off, bought a 6 pack of beer, picked up a couple of burgers for my tea and returned home. I just beat the arrival of Dad and the visitors and retired to the. She’s my best friend. I know you’ve heard me talk about her a hundred times in our phone calls because we do so much together.”She then came and took my arm and put it around her shoulder in way that broadcast our intimacy, “And, Bob is my boyfriend. That’s why we live together.”Bea started, “But...” She was almost there. Only a couple of key pieces to the puzzle were missing now. Her eyes rolled around the room, ending at the door to the master bedroom.Bea looked between Pam and me. She said,.