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a short mystery story by Robert Arvay         As our story begins, a woman is walking alone on a country road.  As you can see by her demeanor, she is under emotional stress. She is wearing a waitress uniform with a logo on it.  A car approaches from behind her and slows down.  The driver is a man who appears to be in his thirties, clean cut, and wearing a tan suit.  “Need a lift?” he asks cheerfully.         The woman hesitates, then says, “Okay.”         “Great,” the man says.  “Hop in.  Where ya goin’?”         The woman opens the door, slides onto the front seat, and in the same motion, she opens her purse.  A look of terror comes across the man’s face as he sees the gun in her hand, a snub-nose 38-caliber revolver.           The Desert Palace Motel was anything but a pal...