| prove who you are.’ She looked into each of their faces. ‘ wish all of you would - ‘?’ ‘’s no way I can convince you, is theret ‘,” Tyler said. ‘ to take this test.’ There was a long silence. ‘ right. I’ll do it.’ t The exhumation order had been more difficult to obtain than anyone had anticipated. Simon Fitzgerald had spoken to the coroner personally. 161 ‘! For God’s sake, Simon! I can’t do that! Do you know what a stink that would cause? I mean, we aren’t dealing with John Doe here; we’re dealing with Harry Stanford. If this ever leaked out, the media would have a field day!’ ‘, this is important. Billions of dollars are at stake here. So you make sure it doesn’t leak out.’ ‘’t there some other way you can… T ‘’m afraid not. The woman is very convincing.’ But the family is not convinced.’ ‘.’ ‘ you think she’s a fraud, Simont ‘, I don’t know. But my opinion doesn’t matter. In fact, none of our opinions matters. A court will demand proof, and the DNA test will provide that.’ The coroner shook his head. ‘ knew old Harry Stanford. He would have hated this. I really shouldn’t let… ‘ - ‘ you will.’ The coroner sighed. ‘ suppose so. Would you do me a favort ‘ course.’ ‘ this quiet. Let’s not have a media circus.’ ‘ have my word. Top secret. I’ll have just the family there.’ ‘ do you want to do thist ‘ would like to do it on Monday.’ 162 The coroner sighed again. ‘ right. I’ll |
lunch?’ Julia felt a little thrill. She was part of the team now. they’re inviting me to lunch. He turned to Julia. ‘’s a delicatessen down the block. I’ll have a corned beef sandwich on rye with mustard, potato salad, and a Danish.’ ‘.’ So much for ‘’re inviting me to lunch.’ Tolkin said, ‘’ll have a pastrami and some chicken soup: ‘, sir.’ Bob Eastman spoke, up. ‘’ll have the pot roast platter and a soft drink.’ ‘, make sure the corned beef is lean,’ Al Peters told her. ‘ corned beef.’ Max Tolkin said, ‘ sure that the soup is hot.’ ‘. Soup hot.’ Bob Eastman said, ‘ my soft drink a diet cola.’ ‘ cola.’ ‘’s some money.’ Al Peters handed her a twentydollar bill. Ten minutes later, Julia was in the delicatessen, talking to the man behind the counter. ‘ want one lean corned beef sandwich on rye with mustard, potato salad, and a Danish. A pastrami sandwich and very 122 hot chicken soup. And a pot roast platter and diet cola. he man nodded. ‘ work for Peters, Eastman, A Tolkin, huh?’ and Sally moved into the apartment in Overland the following week. The apartment consisted of ro small bedrooms, a living room with furniture that ‘ seen too many tenants, a kitchenette, dinette, and a bathroom. 7hey’ll never confuse this place with the AM, Julia thought. “We’ll take turns at cooking,’ Sally suggested. ‘.’ Sally prepared the first meal, and it was delicious. The next night was Julia’s turn. Sally took one bite of the dish |
