268 deadtime

. my philosophy is this ," he said . he finished his beer with a flourish , standing the bottle straight up above his tongue to catch the final drops . for a moment, i thought i was going to have to guess how finishing a beer amounted to a philosophy . my brain , i knew , wasn't up to the task . sam bailed me out with a more easily disgest ible explanation ." you solve the big puzzle , the little ones tend to fall into place . nicely ."
"ypu're still working on the big puzzle ?"
"i am ." he pointed the beer label my way ." my first japanese beer ever  . i like it ."
"you don't it eat sushi ."
"so ?"
"is that's when most americans drink japanese beer . at sushi bars ."
"is that  a dig ?"
"just saying ," i said ." i could take you to one ."
"no, thanks . i think i'll just pick up a six pack of these " -he displayed the empty -" at liquor mart ."
"it's from canada ," i said ." it's not really from japan."
he sighed a you can't trust anyone sigh ." one other bit of news from ranger ramona - jaana's girlfriend from estonia . the one that nick said was going to go with her when she had that abortion ?"
"yeah?" sam was finally about to tell me what hre'd been tantalizing me with earlier .
"her info is in the original file - she was jaana's emergency contact for work . after i asked about her her , ramona ran her . the girl went missing six , seven months after jaana did . circumstances were kind of like lisa . clothes gone . suitcases gone . her friends were clueless , her boss had no idea ."
he had my attention ," she didn't go back to estonia ?"
"state department said no . passport wasn't used , at least not in the old US  of A . lease on her place was almost up when she left .local cops decided she left on her own ."
" wgere was she living ?"