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quickly as I could, just in case you know who
returned with more bodies. Or came back to end my life. No telling what he was
like."
    "So,
you remember that it was a man?"
    "I
have no idea. It could have been a gorilla. Remember. I was out. I didn't see
or hear a thing. And whatever it was that whoever it was gave me, it was potent
enough to knock me out for several hours."
    We were
about to cross back over into Kentucky when my phone rang. I don't make a lot of calls on my new cell phone, so it
took me a minute to realize what the noise was. As it turned out, the call was
from the other woman in my life, Heather. She called to inform me that both
missing men had arranged for a blind date with the same agency, and she might
need my help in locating another missing man in addition to Lou. I wasn't sure
what she had in mind. If it had registered at the time, I might have started
sweating right then. 
     
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    We got
back home a little after 7:00 . Each of us had made a phone call
as we came through Lexington and headed to Hilldale. George's
wife told him she would have his supper ready. Lou and I made calls so that we
wouldn't have to make any after we got home. I dropped George off at his house,
then headed for Lou's place. He looked like someone who had recently endured a
dance marathon, or someone who had cut his own version of the Appalachian Trail , so I helped him into his
apartment, then left and headed home. I was more sleepy than hungry, so I
headed to bed. I woke up at 9:30 , got
up and fixed myself a peanut butter sandwich, ate it, then headed back to bed.

9
     
     
    When I
left Lou on Tuesday night I told him that I was in better shape than he was, so
he could call me when he got up and felt like talking on Wednesday morning, but
not to call me before 9:00 . He told me that he would concede
that I was in better shape on Tuesday, but he felt he was in better shape on
the previous Friday. I decided not to argue the point. I had no intention of
entering a two-man Iron Man competition. Finding the bathroom when I left my
bed was as rugged of an exercise as I wanted to endure. Well, other than doing
something on my Wii after I was good and awake.
    Because I
went to bed much earlier than usual on Tuesday night, I was up and at 'em by a
little after 8:00 on Wednesday morning, and was
feeling good enough that I wished that the Pancake Pantry delivered. Jennifer
was due to return sometime Wednesday, and I knew she would call me shortly after
she returned home. At some point, when she felt up to it, I would go by and see
her and give her the gift I bought her. At that point, I had no idea how glad I
was that I had bought that gift, and how much I would need it. That information
came a few minutes later when the phone rang.
    The phone
rang and I looked at my watch. It said 8:48 . To Lou, after 9:00 meant after 9:00, and I couldn't picture Jennifer
calling me so early, so I was puzzled as to who would greet me so early in the
morning. Curious, too. Curious enough that I answered my house phone, which is
so old-fashioned that you still dial the numbers instead of punch them in. And
my old phone certainly didn't have Caller ID.
    "Hello,"
I said warily.
    "Hi,
Cy. I didn't wake you, did I?"
    "No,
I've been up for almost an hour."
    "Cy,
you know how much I love you, don't you?"
    "And
I love you too, Heather. So what is it you want from me this time? Evidently
it's not as bad as the last time, since you didn't show up at my front door. Or
are you calling me to tell me you need to stop by again?"
    "No,
it's pretty much straight forward. I just called to tell you the name of that
dating service that arranged the blind dates for those missing people. I
thought you might want to check them out on the internet."
    "Do
you think there's something on there that only I can see that will help you
locate those missing guys?"
    "Maybe."
    "The
way you said that, evidently you have more in mind."
    "See,
I knew you were smart. That's the reason