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“Look,” she continued. “I figure you and I should team up. You guys got to this case ahead of me, but I probably know a lot more about Royal than you do. I’ve studied him. I know all his friends and acquaintances, all his usual haunts.”
    â€œThen,” Frank said, trying to walk away from her, “you should have no trouble finding him on your own.”
    â€œHey,” she said, tagging along, “we’re all on the same side here.”
    â€œIf we’re all on the same side,” Joe said, “let’s see your PI’s license.”
    Sam’s eyes narrowed. “Let’s see yours.”
    Frank stopped walking and looked Sam straight in the eyes. She was wearing the same cheap thirties detective outfit she’d worn the night before, he noticed. “Personally,” he said, “I’d settle for seeing just your ID.”
    â€œI left it at home,” Sam said. “I never carry ID when I work. It might compromise my employers.”
    â€œA likely story,” Joe said.
    Just then Chelsea Sirkin came out of the front door of the building. “Frank, Joe, you’ll never guess what I found,” she said. Then, noticing the woman in the trench coat and fedora, she added, “Oh. I’m sorry. Who’s your friend?”
    Joe stepped aside so Chelsea could get a better look at Sam. “Chelsea Sirkin, I’d like you to meet the ubiquitous Samantha Rockford.”
    Chelsea’s jaw dropped open. Looking straight at Sam, she gasped, “What are you doing here?”

9 Samantha’s Secret
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    â€œShe’s trying to tag along with us,” Joe said. “But I don’t think we’re buying.”
    â€œB-but her name’s not Rockford, and she’s not a PI!” Chelsea stammered. “Her real name is Teri McLean, and she’s a fan who’s been stalking Royal for years.”
    McLean turned to run, but Joe grabbed her by the wrist and held tight. “Oh, no,” he said. “You’re not going to pull that disappearing act again.”
    â€œYou’ve got nothing on me,” McLean said. “Let me go or I’ll scream for the cops.”
    â€œShe’s wrong about that,” Chelsea said. “We’ve got enough for the cops to hold her. Royal took out a restraining order against Teri that preventsher from being this close to him, his house, or his place of work. She’s in violation of that order right now.”
    â€œGuess you aren’t as innocent as you pretend,” Joe said.
    Teri didn’t reply, only tried to slide out of Joe’s grip. Joe had to use some of his wrestling skills to keep hold of her, but he didn’t let her get away. After a while, she gave up and stopped struggling.
    Chelsea was angry now. “You bet she isn’t innocent. She used to follow Anne Sakai around, too. Royal says that this woman is the reason Sakai left the country before she died.”
    â€œSo, you’re saying that if it wasn’t for Ms. Sweetness-and-Light here, Sakai might not have died in that plane crash?” Frank asked.
    â€œThat’s a lie!” Teri McLean screamed. “Anne and I were good friends. She invited me down to that island!”
    â€œYou were on St. Cecile before Anne Sakai died?” Chelsea asked, wide-eyed.
    A cold calm passed over McLean, and her whole attitude changed. “I’m not saying anything more,” she said.
    â€œI wouldn’t clam up now if I were you,” Frank said. “You’re in enough trouble as it is. You’d better come clean if you hope to get out of this.”
    McLean didn’t say anything, and Joe, who still had her by the wrist, began to pull her backtoward the Viking Software building. As they neared the door, McLean suddenly yanked free and dashed to the red VW. She started to tug the door open, but Frank stopped her. “Going somewhere?” he asked.
    â€œYou can’t