'Of course.'
'I haven't been back to the office since his death. They probably
think I know whatever it is that he knew.'
'You're right not to take any chances,' Mitch said.
'We can disappear for a while, my husband and I. He works as a
singer in nightclubs and he can always get work somewhere else.'
'That sounds like a good idea. Where will you go?'
'Here and there,' she said. 'They've killed all those lawyers, and
they've killed Eddie, and next they want you and me.'
'We need to keep in touch, Tammy,' Mitch said, 'but you can't talk
to me on the phone and we shouldn't meet. Write to me once a week
from wherever you are. What's your mother's name?'
'Doris.'
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'Fine. Sign your letters Doris.'
'Do they read your mail, too?'
'Probably, Doris, probably.'