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By Tracy Quan

Tuesday afternoon

This morning, while Morty was dressing after his early-bird appointment, Allison called from the lobby of April's building. "April was supposed to meet me here at 10:30 and she's not answering her door or her phone! Can I come over?"

I was wearing a towel when Allie arrived. "Talk to me while I shower," I told her. Behind the shower curtain, I was trying to figure out how to remove some stray Astroglide from my bangs without getting my entire head wet -- while listening to Allison's latest news.

"She said she had the rest of the money! Well, I didn't tell her I had her money because I figured I would just give it to her when we meet -- I'll tell her I changed my mind about selling the book."

"So you were both planning on giving each other money? I hate to say it, Allie, but your life is turning into a bloody fable."

Allison giggled nervously. "She thought I was bringing my book."

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Later in the day, April's phone was still ringing busy. I decided to tell Jasmine about Allison's abortive meeting with April. "Do you think she was really meeting Allison to give her the cash?" Jasmine asked.

I was wondering about that too, but for some reason I couldn't get Jasmine to say any more.

Thursday

Allison is spooked and so am I, by a fax tone on April's line -- and the fact that April hasn't called anyone we know, including Milt. "It makes no sense," I said to Allison. "If she decided not to buy your book, wouldn't she ask for the money back?"

My session with Milt, yesterday afternoon, was the strangest ever. "I haven't heard from her since the weekend," Milt told me. "Why are you so worried? Not hearing from a person like that is good."

I couldn't tell him about the complications involving Allie's client book -- because nice working girls don't talk about such things with johns. So, I shifted my attention to undoing his trousers. In the bedroom, while we went through our smorgasbord of positions, a horrible thought occurred to me. Could Milt be responsible in some awful way for April's sudden silence?

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