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a major part of Carleton's map. Besides, the developer had already built on it. Including your house, in fact." |
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Calvin nodded. "Do the names Joseph and Anna Samborsky mean anything to you?" |
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"No," he said. "Should they?" |
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"They were the original owners. They moved in in '74." |
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Waite shook his head. "Sally was already dead," he said, "and nobody was willing to follow up." |
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"Do you have any copies of her stories?" |
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"Not after twenty-three years." |
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"I wouldn't work myself up too much," he said before Calvin left. "She was a good reporter but she only had rumors. When they began to develop the land, nobody found anything suspicious." |
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"Because I watched them excavate," he said. "Three houses on your street, including yours. I had a vested interest." |
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"Of course," Calvin said. "Nonetheless, you'd say she really had nothing." |
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"With all due respect to her memory, yes," Waite said. "Just a lot of false leads." |
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"One final question: Do you recall the name of the research outfit?" |
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Without missing a beat Waite said, "BiOmega." |
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"It's not a name one forgets." He wrote out the name. "The O in 'omega' was spelled with the Greek letter. It used to be located on Franklin Street near mile marker 23. I think there's a condo complex there now." |
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Calvin thanked him and left. In a few minutes he was on Route 2 heading east. In half an hour he reached the Adamsville exit. Franklin Street was a wooded country road, infrequently relieved by houses. Waite was right. At mile marker 23 sat a large condominium complex called Sherwood Forest Estates, built into the woods. The gateway entrance was surrounded by mature trees that looked older than the condos. A long asphalt road led to the first of three mock-Tudor buildings set around a parking area. If BiOmega Labs had |
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