I quit thinking about Brown and Booth and their conspiracies, both of which had changed history, and went back to The Mysterious Conspiracy Concerning Arch Mix. Mix had disappeared and so far no one knew what had happened to him. Two people who perhaps thought they knew had been killed. Furthermore, the labor union that Mix had headed was making some strange moves out in St. Louis and tomorrow I would fly out there to see if somehow that might have something to do with Mixs disappearance. Maybe it would all turn out to be part of some giant conspiracy. And then again, maybe it wouldnt, for if my Uncle Slick were right, there was a chance that Arch Mix was still alive. Whew and double whew. She drew a small hand across her brow and said, And whew again. Yes, sir. You are wise, Mason said. You have traveled—no? So-so. Drake says he has a more complete report on what happened than he was able to give us when we phoned last night. Devine could tell the man knew what had happened from Stamos.Not even a little bit. Seriously? He looked at it suspiciously.Is that some of your goat cheese? I can be persuasive. All right then. Tomorrow. What was that Gallops called me when you first mentioned my name? Audrey looked out the window to where her children were playing in the garden. They were playing tag although Nelson seemed to be bopping his sister a little harder than was really necessary.I wonder if I told her what your friend Quane wanted to know? Thats scary, she said. In the canoe, I believe, Mason said. Who does that? asked Devine. Im a lucky man, Joel said as he went to her. But it could still be someone at Cowls firm who committed the murders, countered Devine. Sara was pregnant. And even though she had artificial insemination through a donor, we dont know who that donor was. Her mother told me she kept one ever since she was young, but that the police apparently didnt find one at her house. Were her phone and laptop at the office or her home? Nestor shook her head.Can you imagine if the Taliban or Iran or North Korea or Russia were getting cash flow from investments inthis country to fund their terrorist activities? Kim Jong-un a landlord in New York? An Iranian ayatollah owning hog farms in Kansas? Or Putin having oil fields in Texas? That would be the scandal of the century. What kind of motorcycle? somebody asked..