their job to ask. Thanks.” He put away his phone and looked at Knox. “Cause and

effect?” she said. “She gets the phone call and decides to go out. She calls the

babysitter and dresses in her Sunday best.” “I wonder if they checked the phone

records back then?” “You’d think it would have been in the report if they had.

And I don’t remember seeing anything like that. And there’s no way those phone

records would be around now. Thirty years ago I think it was one of the Baby

Bells running the phone service down here.” “So she got a call that made her

change her plans and go out.

 

And she never came back.” “You’re sure you heard nothing that was said on that

call?” He shook his head. “I came in as she was hanging up. I just saw her face.

She looked upset. But when she saw me she smiled. Then she had me help with

making dinner.” “Your memory is definitely coming back since you walked in that

door.” He nodded. “But I can’t remember what I never knew. And I don’t know who

made that call or what was said.” He looked at Knox. “I know it’s a long shot,

but can you check with some of your people and see if there’s any way in the

world we could get the phone number of who called her on that day?” “I can try,

Puller. But, like I said, it’s a really long shot.” “And sometimes those pay

off.” “But why not have CID do it? They can pull those records, if they exist,

as easily as I can.” Puller didn’t answer her.

 

Knox moved closer to him. “Do you think it’s your sole responsibility to solve

this case?” “Well, I didn’t do much work on it over the last thirty years,” he

shot back. “You were a kid when it happened.” “But I haven’t been a kid for a

long time.” “And when you were in a position to do something about it, the case