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seem kind of upset, though. Implied he had a lot of problems. Now that I think of it, he was pretty jumpy the whole time I was there. Looking around the room, checking his watch. His cell phone rang several times, but he only answered it that once, when the bearded guy called from the other side of the room.”
    â€œClem.”
    I nodded.
    â€œWhat’d you talk about?” asked Horowitz. “Any hints about what was bothering him?”
    â€œNo, nothing like that. We talked about the old days. I hadn’t seen him in about ten years.”
    â€œYou were with him how long?”
    â€œHour, maybe an hour and a half. Then he had to go to some committee meeting.”
    â€œDid he talk about his wife?”
    â€œHis ex-wife, you mean?”
    He nodded. “Your client.”
    â€œNo,” I said.
    â€œAnd if he did, you wouldn’t tell me.”
    I shrugged. “She’s my client.”
    â€œWell,” Horowitz said, “we’ll check out his phone, see if we can catch up with those two you mentioned. The kid in the hoodie and Clem with the beard. You got anybody else we should check out?”
    â€œThat’s all I can think of,” I said. “Just those two. Look. What are you planning to do about my client?”
    â€œQuestion her, of course.”
    â€œWhen?”
    â€œTonight. Soon. Okay?”
    â€œPlease,” I said. “It’s getting late. She’s had a very traumatic experience.”
    â€œShe gonna be cooperative?”
    â€œI don’t see why not,” I said.
    I went back over and sat on the folding chair beside Sharon.
    She said, “Is everything all right?”
    â€œIn your conversations with Ken,” I said, “did he ever mention ketamine?”
    She frowned. “Ketamine?”
    â€œIt’s a recreational drug,” I said. “Vets use it as an anesthetic for animal surgery.”
    â€œI remember now,” she said. “It’s been a while since I worked in a vet’s office. What about ketamine?”
    I shrugged. “There was a bag of it in his room.”
    â€œWhat do they think,” she said, “that he was selling it or something?”
    â€œIt kinda looks like it. Or else he was using it himself.”
    She shook her head. “That just shows how much I didn’t know him anymore.”
    â€œDoes the name Clem ring a bell?”
    She frowned and shook her head. “Should it?”
    â€œA guy Ken talked with when I was there, that’s all. No reason you’d know him.”
    She tilted her head. “So now what happens?”
    â€œThey’re going to want to question you,” I said. “We don’t have time to go over all the things they might ask you. They’ll want to know everything you can tell them about Ken. About his business, his finances, his personal life. His friends and enemies. You should just answer their questions as well as you can. Tell them the truth. If they ask you something you think is out of line in any way, consult with me. I’ll be there with you, and if I don’t like a question, I’ll tell you not to answer until we talk about it. Okay?”
    â€œI don’t really know much about him,” she said. “We’ve been apart for over ten years. Just what he might’ve mentioned on the telephone.”
    â€œâ€˜I don’t know,’” I said, “is a perfectly valid answer. Don’t hesitate to use it.”
    â€œThey think I did it, don’t they?” she said.
    â€œThey’ll ask you a lot of questions about yourself,” I said, “treat you like a suspect, sure. Don’t take it personally. It’s how they think. They consider everybody a suspect until they can eliminate them.”
    â€œEspecially the spouse. Or the ex-spouse.”
    â€œYes,” I said. “Especially the spouse.”
    Sharon shook her head. “I was falling in love with him all over