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entire estate staff, with the possible exception of Chef Hachette, [100] would have mourned for him. They on the back of Fric’s neck did impressions of scurrying spiders.“Who are you?”“You don’t know me,” the man said. “When does your father return from Florida?”“If you know so much, why don’t you tell me?”“December twenty-fourth. In the early afternoon. Christmas Eve,” the stranger said.Fric wasn’t impressed. Millions of people knew his old man’s whereabouts and his Christmas plans. Just a week ago, Ghost Dad had done a spot on Entertainment Tonight, talking about the film that he was shooting and about how much he looked forward would have been deeply, terribly sad. Deeply, deeply, terribly, terribly. For about forty minutes. Then they would have been busy, busy, busy preparing for the post-funeral gala to which would be invited perhaps a thousand famous and near-famous drunks, druggies, and butt-kissers eager to plant their Lips on Ghost Dad’s golden ass.“Who’s this? “Fric asked.“Are you enjoying the trains, Fric?”Fric had never heard this voice before. No one on the staff. Definitely a stranger.Most of the people in the house didn’t know that Fric was in the train room, and no one outside the estate could possibly know.“How do you know about the trains?”The man said, “Oh, I know lots of things other people don’t. Just like you, Fric. Just like you.”The talented hairs
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