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I was leaving the hotel suite to see my children for the first ti It was Sherbet

"You did good work, Mrs Moon"

"What do you mean?"

"Based on the evidence in the trash can a judge granted us a search warrant We went through the house yesterday and today we arrested Rick Horton We found enough incri evidence to convict two y makes sense"

"It doesn&039;t have to You knohat I mean" He paused "You are a hell of a detective"

"That&039;s what they tell me"

"So why don&039;t you sound happy?" he asked

"I a our streets"

We were silent Sherbet took in souy, do you?"

"I was hired to find out who shot Kingsley Fulcruet Horton&039;s phone records?"

"Of course"

"Could you fax them to me"

"Why?"

"Just hu pause Static crackled over the phone line Finally, I heard hiave him the number to the courtesy fax machine at the hotel&039;s business center

"How many months back do you want?" he asked

"Four months"

"You don&039;t have to do this," he said "The case is closed"

"I know," I said "But this detective never sleeps"

"Well, not at night, at least And Mrs Moon?"

"Yes?"

"So to discuss the eyewitnesses that claim to have seen a man rappel down from your balcony"

"Sure"

"And we&039;re definitely going to discuss the kid orked at Vons who reported seeing a winged creature carry off a man"

"Sure"

"I don&039;t have any idea what the fuck is going on, but ill talk again"

"I understand," I said "And detective?"