Looking For You All My Life Part 98

No. All that's left to do is a little cleaning, and, as usual,

my Annie's got everything under control. I'm thinking that

if I can help you to get this story out, it might just be my per-

sonal way of apologizing for my involvement here-sort of

like paying rest.i.tution, I guess."

"You make it sound pretty bad." Maggie wondered what

she was getting into.

"Well, I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Cohn

is certainly able to justify everything and he manages to do

most things within the legal limits of the law-why, he's even

had me believing he was totally legit. But then one morning

you wake up and realize how many innocent people have

been hurt... and well, I'll explain everything when I get there.

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Watch for a white Jaguar out in the circle drive in front of

the condos. I don't dare come inside-you don't want to be

seen with me. I'll be there in about twenty minutes.

Maggie called to cancel her three o'clock ma.s.sage, then

headed out to the lobby to wait for June. While she was

waiting, discreetly wearing her dark gla.s.ses and already

a.s.suming her new role in undercover espionage, she over-

heard tidbits of a heated conversation from the front desk.

"Look!" said an older man, probably in his sixties. "My

wife and I drove all the way over here from the bay area, and

now there isn't a drop of water at our house, and according

to maintenance tb~ere won't be. This is unacceptable, and I

demand that you find us a room with running water imme-

diately."

"I'm sorry, sir," said the woman in a strained voice. "As

I told you before, all the rooms are full." Just then Maggie

noticed a white car pull up outside. She hurried Out to see

June waving from behind the wheel of a sleek Jaguar, then

climbed in. Obviously, working for Cohn had paid off finan-

cially for the woman.

"You have no idea how much I appreciate this," said

Maggie as she closed the door and buckled herself into the

cool leather seat.

June nodded and quickly took off. "I'm just glad to get

the chance to help someone else for a change. Only last week

I heard Cohn talking about this new Oregon development,

bragging about how it would be the first one in that state,

and I thought to myself then that this man will never be

stopped. Maybe he won't, but it won't be for lack of trying."

Maggie grimaced. "Cohn is so convincing. I had almost

expected-in fact, I'd even hoped for the sake of our town-

that I'd come here and find everything to be just as he had

described."

"Believe me, you would have."

"That's what I was afraid of."

"Cohn would kill me if he knew what I was doing..."