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Authors: Gene Brewer

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bu
t
i
t
migh
t
hel
p
th
e
polic
e
trac
e
hi
s
origin
.
Strictl
y
speaking
,
i
t
wa
s
 
Pete'
s
 
identity
,
 
rathe
r
 
tha
n
 
prot's
,
 
that
w
e
 
neede
d
 
t
o
 
ascertain
.
 
An
y
 
informatio
n
 
w
e
 
coul
d
 
ge
t
 
abou
t
 
him
,
 
an
y
 
knowledg
e
 
o
f
 
thing
s
 
familia
r
 
to
him
,
migh
t
facilitat
e
m
y
persuadin
g
hi
m
t
o
com
e
out.

Al
l
thi
s
pu
t
prot'
s
"departur
e
date
"
 
int
o
 
a
n
 
entirel
y
 
ne
w
 
light
.
 
I
t
 
i
s
 
on
e
 
thin
g
 
fo
r
 
a
 
patien
t
 
t
o
 
announce
a
n
en
d
 
t
o
 
a
 
delusion
,
 
bu
t
 
quit
e
 
anothe
r
 
fo
r
 
a
 
dominan
t
 
alte
r
 
t
o
 
disappear
,
 
leavin
g
 
behin
d
 
a
 
hysteric
,
 
or
mayb
e
worse
.
I
f
pro
t
wer
e
t
o
leav
e
befor
e
I
coul
d
ge
t
t
o
 
Pete
,
 
i
t
 
migh
t
wel
l
 
preclud
e
 
m
y
eve
r
 
bein
g
 
able
t
o
hel
p
hi
m
a
t
all.

I
wondere
d
whethe
r
th
e
 
unhypnotize
d
 
pro
t
 
kne
w
 
anythin
g
 
abou
t
 
Pete
.
 
I
f
 
not
,
 
th
e
 
pla
n
 
woul
d
 
remain
a
s
before
:
t
o
brin
g
prot/Pet
e
slowl
y
an
d
carefully
,
unde
r
hypnosis
,
u
p
t
o
th
e
tim
e
o
f
 
th
e
 
traumati
c
 
event(s)
whic
h
precipitate
d
Pete'
s
dramati
c
withdrawa
l
fro
m
consciou
s
existence
.
Eve
n
i
f
h
e
di
d
kno
w
abou
t
Pete,
however
,
 
hypnosi
s
 
migh
t
 
stil
l
 
b
e
 
necessary
,
 
bot
h
 
t
o
 
facilitat
e
 
prot'
s
 
recollectio
n
 
an
d
 
t
o
 
mak
e
 
possible
direc
t
contac
t
wit
h
th
e
hos
t
personality.

Bu
t
ther
e
wa
s
a
dilemm
a
associate
d
wit
h
thi
s
approach
.
O
n
th
e
on
e
hand
,
I
neede
d
t
o
tal
k
 
t
o
 
Pet
e
 
as
soo
n
 
a
s
 
possible
.
 
O
n
 
th
e
 
other
,
 
forcin
g
 
hi
m
 
t
o
 
reliv
e
 
tha
t
 
terribl
e
 
momen
t
 
prematurel
y
 
coul
d
 
be
devastating
,
an
d
caus
e
hi
m
t
o
withdra
w
eve
n
furthe
r
int
o
hi
s
protectiv
e
shell.

 

GISELL
E
seeme
d
a
littl
e
les
s
cheerfu
l
tha
n
usua
l
th
e
followin
g
Monda
y
 
morning
.
 
"M
y
 
frien
d
 
dow
n
 
at
th
e
Sixt
h
Precinc
t
couldn'
t
fin
d
 
an
y
 
repor
t
 
o
f
 
a
 
missin
g
 
perso
n
 
wh
o
 
disappeare
d
 
fro
m
 
th
e
 
uppe
r
 
Wes
t
 
in
Augus
t
 
o
f
 
1985,
"
 
sh
e
 
said
,
 
consultin
g
 
a
 
littl
e
 
re
d
 
noteboo
k
 
muc
h
 
lik
e
 
th
e
 
on
e
 
pro
t
 
wa
s
 
fon
d
 
of.

"Somebod
y
kille
d
a
ma
n
an
d
the
n
himsel
f
i
n
a
littl
e
tow
n
i
n
Montan
a
o
n
th
e
sixteent
h
o
f
tha
t
month
,
an
d
 
in
Bois
e
o
n
th
e
eighteent
h
anothe
r
gu
y
ra
n
 
of
f
 
wit
h
 
hi
s
 
secretar
y
 
an
d
 
a
 
hundre
d
 
fift
y
thousan
d
 
dollar
s
 
o
f
 
his
company'
s
funds
.
Bu
t
you
r
gu
y
isn'
t
 
dead
,
 
an
d
 
th
e
 
on
e
 
wh
o
 
ra
n
 
of
f
 
wit
h
 
hi
s
 
secretar
y
 
i
s
 
stil
l
i
n
th
e
 
Idaho
Stat
e
Penitentiary
.
M
y
frien
d
i
s
expandin
g
th
e
searc
h
t
o
cove
r
 
Januar
y
 
throug
h
 
Jul
y
 
o
f
 
1985
,
 
an
d
 
the
n
 
all
o
f
th
e
Unite
d
State
s
an
d
Canada
.
I
t
wil
l
b
e
a
whil
e
befor
e
h
e
get
s
th
e
results.

"
I
als
o
 
kno
w
 
someon
e
 
i
n
th
e
 
Researc
h
 
Librar
y
 
a
t
 
Ne
w
 
Yor
k
 
Public
;
 
durin
g
 
he
r
 
break
s
 
she'
s
 
doing
som
e
 
searche
s
 
fo
r
 
m
e
 
fo
r
 
th
e
 
wee
k
 
o
f
 
Augus
t
 
seventeenth
.
 
Yo
u
 
know
,
 
newspape
r
 
report
s
 
o
f
 
anything
unusua
l
 
tha
t
 
migh
t
 
hav
e
 
happene
d
 
durin
g
 
tha
t
 
perio
d
 
i
n
 
Montana
,
 
Idaho
,
 
Washington
,
 
an
d
 
Oregon.
Nothin
g
 
ther
e
 
s
o
 
far
,
 
either.
"
 
Sh
e
 
close
d
 
th
e
 
littl
e
 
book
.
 
"O
f
 
course,
"
 
sh
e
 
added
,
 
"h
e
 
migh
t
 
hav
e
 
been
raise
d
i
n
th
e
Northwes
t
an
d
the
n
move
d
somewher
e
else...."

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