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. " ilooked at sam ." yeah ? cover his tracks for what ?""
"if he was involved ."" good guess , but no . this linciln oden guy . the ranger who coordinated the search . he went
"if he hurt her while they were down there ? that's your theory ?"
"hurt her . killed her . but nick's name wasn't on ramona 's list . doesn't mean he didn't go back down . just means he was smart enough to send somebody else or to used a pseudonym if he did it himself . but yopu know who did go down on one of the south rim trails six days before laana's boots were found under that brush ? a one-night trip , rim-to rim ?"
"eric ?" i guessed . por merideth . despite the rotten first impression eric had made earlier in the eveving , i didn't want it to be true .but no . this linciln oden guy . the ranger who coordinated the search . he went ."
i didn't se the significane ." so ? yoy think he was he was following a lead ?"
"maybe he had a hnch , but it was his day off . ramona checked .if he had a lead , he could've grabbed a seat a seat in a chopper , saved himself a long , hot walk ."
sam's " maybe " sound suspicious , but i didn't see the relevance of oden 's presence on the canyon floor ." oden wasn't down there the night jaana went missining , was he ? you don't thjink he-"
" no , he wasn't . he was up tp something . he could have used a fake name ."
"too many people knew him . don't know what i think . just talking it uout .it's one of those things that doesn't lined up right . been thinkingabout it since i got back on the road withg my belly full of grease . could be a coincidence , of corse .that happpened ... sometimes ."sam said :" that happens  " grudgingly ,