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Still grinning, the young woman confirmed Cosmo's assessment. |
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"But if you're Brenda Cashman," I sputtered, "who was . . . ?" |
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"Her name was Adair Lindley. Like the real Brenda Cashman here, she was a doctoral candidate at the U of M, not to mention Brenda's roommate." |
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"I still don't understand," I protested. |
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The real Brenda Cashman was eager to clear up the confusion. "I really did discover the similarities in the events that traced all the way back to Choker Point on Baffin Island. I discussed it several times with Adair. We always discussed our research. She was interested, but no more than usual. Then one day I discovered all my research notes on the incidents were gone. She pretended to help me look for them, and we finally decided I had lost them somewhere on the campus. About two weeks later, she disappearedno note, no nothing. Up to that point we always told each other where we were going. Now that I think back about it, she was a little strange at times but a really nice girl. I really liked her. All the while she was gone I figured she'd come waltzing in one day and tell me what she had been up to." |
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I was too stunned to say anything. |
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The real Brenda Cashman wasn't through. "So when Doctor Leach and I |
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