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The Scrapbook

           

           StateTrooperBenjaminMoorerdiscoveredtwodeadmen,lateridentifiedasVictorT.BoormanandRogerMacassi,bothofLasVegas,outsidethedoorofthePresidentialSuitewheretwoAmericanPresidentshavestayed.

           Inside,MoorerfoundthebodyofGienellisprawledonthefloor.Gienelliwasapparentlyfleeinghisattackerswhenhewascutdown.MoorersaidGienellihadbeenshotwithheavy-gaugeshotgunsatcloserange.

           CharlesGrondin,therepresentativeofthecompanywhichnowownstheOverlook,couldnotbereachedfor…

           Belowtheclipping,inheavystrokesofaball-pointpen,someonehadwritten:Theytookhisballsalongwiththem.Jackstaredatthatforalongtime,feelingcold.Whosebookwasthis?

           Heturnedthepageatlast,swallowingaclickinhisthroat.AnothercolumnfromJoshBrannigar,thisonedatedearly1967.Heonlyreadtheheadline:NOTORIOUSHOTELSOLDFOLLOWINGMURDEROFUNDERWORLDFIGURE.

           Thesheetsfollowingthatclippingwereblank.

           (Theytookhisballsalongwiththem.)

           Heflippedbacktothebeginning,lookingforanameoraddress.Evenaroomnumber.Becausehefeltquitesurethatwhoeverhadkeptthislittlebookofmemorieshadstayedatthehotel.Buttherewasnothing.

           Hewasgettingreadytogothroughalltheclippings,morecloselythistime,whenavoicecalleddownthestairs:"Jack?Hon?"

           Wendy.

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