the next morning he knocked on the door at kochi's store. when maria answered he said he was here for the job. she looked him over and asked what experience he had. several years he replied quickly, looking her directly in the eye. then get to work she said cleanout that clogged gasoline on the red one first. he paused, he had never monkeyed with the motorcycle before. he had a car of his own and could tinker it up alright, but he but he would have to experiment with the cycle. he hated these close. he was a notorious dresser. he would always wear these tweed jackets, even in the summer so having to dress down for this job, he didn't like it. she was standing right there. what are you standing there, she said, crone heard the emphasis on the word there. he was standing on a great that had hot air blowing up from the basement. it was late spring so there should be no need for heat he thought. he wondered if there was equipment down there. he said i'm looking for a place to hitch my coat he said, stalling, she pointed to a thumb to with the nail on the w

maria kochi all for a does wife had been left behind when her husband disappeared and was now desperately trying to keep the store afloat. she had two small children. maria who claim to have no knowledge of where her husband was had refused any further searching of the premises. the police were no help either and grace moved from desk to desk in city buildings trying to gain entrance to the store. police officials smiled and said their hands were tied. grace was limited to what she could see from the outside. there were two signs in the window that read mechanics help wanted and selling out. on the outside to the left of the front door with the narrows der welt that went to the ground and served as a separate entrance to the basement. grace walked near the stairs as unobtrusively as possible. grace at new like it or not that all of her misgivings about kochi and the store were all circumstantial. the police had searched the seller twice and found nothing but abscess. the neck -- the rest with gossip and headlines. why was kochi missing? because he taken the girl? >>> as yet been spirited