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all met in the diner before the meeting.”
    She couldn’t be sure if he knew every one of his followers well enough to vouch for them, but he obviously thought he did. “I guess that’s good enough for me. Thank you, Mr. Millstone. We appreciate you taking the time to talk to us.”
    “Yes, thank you,” Stephanie added breathlessly, suddenly springing to life.
    Josh raised his hand. “My pleasure. Say hi to your son.”
    “I will.” Beaming, Stephanie stepped away from the fence.
    Clara was about to follow her when Josh called out, “Oh, by the way. I don’t know if this means anything, but if you’re looking for someone with a grudge against Scott Delwyn, you might want to talk to Eddie Hatchett.”
    Clara blinked, trying to remember where she’d heard that name before. Then it dawned on her: he was the son of her mother’s electrician. One of the men escorted from the meeting hall the other night. “Yes, I know he’s upset about the project. Then again, so are a lot of people.”
    “He’s more than upset.” Josh moved closer to the fence and lowered his voice. “He was working at the construction site when Scott fired him for turning up to work drunk. I was there when Eddie threatened Scott. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but it wasn’t pretty.”
    Clara felt a stab of excitement. “Thanks! I’ll check into it.”
    “Be careful. Guys like Eddie are usually all talk and no action, but you never know.”
    “I’ll be careful.” She waved at him and chased after Stephanie. Her cousin had reached the car and stood with the passenger door open, looking in her direction.
    Clara sprinted across the parking lot to join her.
    “You don’t think he had anything to do with it?” Stephanie asked anxiously. “He seems like such a nice man. Ethan will be devastated if he turns out to be a killer.”
    “No, I don’t think he’s a killer.” Once more, Clara slid in behind the wheel. “But he did give me a lead on someone else.” She told her cousin what Josh had said about Eddie Hatchett. “His father is an electrician,” she said, as she drove out into the street. “They were both in our house a month ago.”
    Stephanie frowned. “Eddie Hatchett. I know that name, but I can’t think where I heard it.”
    “He and his father were the two guys yelling at the meeting the other night.”
    Stephanie seemed not to hear as she stared at the road ahead. “I know I heard it somewhere. Eddie Hatchett. I’m sure I know that name.”
    “Maybe you hired his father. Have you had any electrical work done lately?”
    Stephanie shook her head. “George does most of that stuff. It pays to marry a handyman.”
    Clara grinned. “I bet it does.”
    “Ah!” Stephanie bounced on her seat. “I know where I heard Eddie’s name.”
    “Where?”
    “He’s a good friend of Molly’s ex-boyfriend. You know, Jason, the one with the motorbike? When Molly was going out with him, she was always talking about Eddie, and how he was a troublemaker and she wished Jason wouldn’t hang out with him. Of course, Jason was no prize, either, but she couldn’t see that. Not until she caught him cheating on her, anyway. I think—”
    “So Molly knows Eddie Hatchett?”
    “Yes, she does, but—” Stephanie gasped. “You’re not thinking of asking her to question him, are you?”
    “She just needs to talk to him and see if she can find out where he was on the night Scott died.”
    “That would mean we’d have to tell her we think Scott was murdered.”
    “Yep, I guess it does.” Clara glanced at her cousin. “She’s helped us before.”
    “I know; it’s not that. I just wonder what reason we’re going to give her for thinking that.”
    “Good question. I’ll think of something.”
    “I don’t know if we should ask her to question Eddie. He could be a killer. What if he attacked her? I’d never forgive myself if something bad happened to her.”
    “We’ll have to make sure she meets him in a public