“That’s a nine digit number. What do we know about nine digit numbers?”<\/p>\n
“Social Security?” I suggested.<\/p>\n
“The first thing we thought of, had it checked out this morning. That’s not a valid range for social security numbers.”<\/p>\n
“Good point Chief.” I nodded. “Besides, It’s not like Sam would have that kind of thing in his head. Whatever he was thinking, it had to be something he could come up with right then and there.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah,” the chief added, “even after he’d taken a bullet.”<\/p>\n
“Maybe it’s the beginning of a phone number. He could have passed out before he got to the last digit.”<\/p>\n
“We checked on that too. No such area code. Nearest number is 450 — Quebec.”<\/p>\n
“Somehow,” I said, “I doubt Sam was fingering a perp in Quebec. So where does that leave us?”<\/p>\n
“A kind of substitution code maybe. But a code needs a key.” the chief shook his head. “There’s something missing.”<\/p>\n
“Maybe if we could see the files Sam told me about.”<\/p>\n
“Our men looked thoroughly. No files left lying around. Very neat. Maybe too neat. Whoever the killer is, he sure did a good job of cleaning up the crime scene.”<\/p>\n
“Or she did,” I said, under my breath.<\/p>\n
“What was that, Smellephant?” the chief said. “I didn’t catch that.”<\/p>\n
“Oh nothing. I just remembered I have an appointment.” I grabbed my hat.<\/p>\n
“You’ll keep thinking about this right? We’ve got 451614295 reasons to catch this killer.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, lots of reasons Chief,” I said, thinking about my friend Sam. “But I only need one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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