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“Sorry, yes.”
“Crazy,” she said, chin crumpling, eyes welling up, head shaking. “She was…so nice.Nice.All the time. Always nice.”
“How often did she come to the spa?”
“From when I was here? Maybe…four times?”
“So nearly every week.”
“I guess.”
“Like I said, sorry but our job is figuring it out.”
Sophie’s chin quivered. “I can’t believe this. I can’t believe it.”
“It is hard to believe, Sophie. So you saw Meagin four times but never Gio.”
“I don’t even know who he is.”
“Her boyfriend. They met here.”
“That happens,” she said, looking down.
He showed her a photo. She shook her head.
“So,” he said, “people meet here.”
“It’s relaxed, so…”
“What percentage of your clients are women?”
“I have no idea.”
“Most?”
“Yeah…Meagin and a guy, ohmigod, what happened?”
“Good question, Sophie. Did you ever observe anyone have any conflict with Meagin?”
“No, no, never. She was nice.”
The elephant door swung open and Mikel Dally stomped forward, wiping his hands with a black rag. Glaring. Surprised we were still here.
“Look, guys, I’ve got a situation. Serious clog, going to take a while to sort. I’ve got nothing to tell you and that’s the God’s honest truth. Soph, give these gentlemen complimentary A.F.’s and see themout.”
Milo said, “Here’s my card.”
“Sure, sure.” Dally stuffed it into his pocket, turned and shoved the elephant, offering a glimpse of an inner wall covered with wildly patterned madras cloth interspersed with brass bells. In his haste, he brushed against some of the bells, creating a reproachful clink before vanishing.
Sophie reached under the counter and retrieved two glass bottles filled with cantaloupe-colored liquid.
More tiny lettering.Agua Fria Custom Blended Herb Chai.
“Usually,” she said, “we take a deposit but it’s okay. For the glass. We recycle.”
Milo handed her a five.
“No, I can’t. It’s only a dollar each.”
