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  Beryl Summerdale had no known enemies. Her ex-husband had been ruled out. The police had no suspects.

  L oyal stood on the sidewalk outside her building. A white Cadillac sedan was at the curb. The trunk was full of luggage. The back seat was full of baby stuff.

  “Her name is Charisse, after my mother,” Loyal said. “Of all the things you did for me, she was the best. I never even knew how much I wanted—”

  “It’s what I wanted, too,” I said. Pure truth.

  “You know where I’ll be, Lew.”

  “You’ll be home.”

  “Home with my little girl,” Loyal said. She stood close, her heart in her eyes. “Your home, too, if you ever want one,” she said, very softly.

  “I just might,” I said, lying to her for what I knew was the last time.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator of sexually transmitted diseases, a social-services caseworker, and a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum-security prison for “aggressive-violent” youth. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of numerous novels, including the Burke series, two collections of short stories, and a wide variety of other material, among them song lyrics, graphic novels, essays, and a “children’s book for adults.” His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, the New York Times, and numerous other forums. A native New Yorker, he now divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.

  The dedicated Web site for Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com.

  ALSO BY ANDREW VACHSS

  Flood

  Strega

  Blue Belle

  Hard Candy

  Blossom

  Sacrifice

  Shella

  Down in the Zero

  Born Bad

  Footsteps of the Hawk

  False Allegations

  Safe House

  Choice of Evil

  Everybody Pays

  Dead and Gone

  Pain Management

  Only Child

  The Getaway Man

  Down Here

  Two Trains Running

  Copyright © 2006 by Andrew Vachss

  All rights reserved.

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