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Savich said, "Have you spoken to your son about Toini?"

"No, I have not seen hi, when he cahetti Peter loves his mother’s h he spends much of his time on campus, he also has his own apartment over on Winston Avenue"

"Peter has three residences? One of them an apartment? Why?" Sherlock asked "I understand you live with the rest of your faer brothers, nearby in Hillsborough?"

"His ift for his senior year, to give the young o when he moves to New York for Caruthers and Milton"

Savich already knew about Mr Biaggini’s extravagant gift to his eldest son--not too surprising, perhaps, for a successful owner of a chain of cosmetics stores But he also knew about Peter’s country club inia No consequences for Peter, thanks to his father’s intervention

Savich said, "How is your son doing in his senior classes at Magdalene?"

"Why, he’s doing very well He’s a brilliant young h Peter is--was--Torowing up; our faether"

Sherlock said, "Did you like Toht about this for a moment "Tommy was usually well er Toe when he could The word sly co now that he’s dead"

Sherlock said, "Could you give us an exa hi his ht that was very unlike him, since he had to know that was very painful for her" He shrugged "Then his father died and Toer sisters, becae boy spewing out horuess you could say he became the man of the house, and Marian seemed pleased to let him assume that role"

Sherlock said, "Did Toini blinked "That’s quite a question to ask a father, Agent Sherlock, and it is difficult to answer because Peter and Tommy were so different from each other What I mean is, my son is a natural leader, and To back, as did Stony, to see what direction Peter wanted to go" Mr Biaggini looked away for a moment, shook his head "Who knohat Tommy would have done with his life if he’d been allowed to keep it"

She said, "And what do you know about Stony Hart, sir?"

"Stony? The second ood friend as well, I ether since childhood Unfortunately, Walter--Stony--lacks e, I suppose, but with Stony I alondered if he was ever going to grow up He seeer than Peter in his behavior, in how he views the world and his place in it, even though he’s a year older Even his father, a rather authoritarian er in some ways

"Of the three friends, Stony was the shyest, and the hardest to pry away from his computers I re to hack into a local bank" Mr Biaggini smiled at the memory "The FBI, if I remember correctly, made it a point to scare the socks off his more than most others I’ve noticed over the years that his father thinks Stony’s kindness is a weakness, "

Sherlock said, "You don’t care for Mr Hart, sir?"

"No, I don’t," Mr Biaggini said He paused for a long moment, studied his thumbnail, then added, "Wakefield Hart wants Stony to be a chip off the proverbial old block, but he isn’t, and never will be"

Savich rose and ini down the hall He opened the door to the same interview room Stony had occupied not two hours before

As with Stony, Coop and Lucy stood silent and griainst the wall, argini was sprawled in his chair, looking loose and bored, his fingers tapping a s under his breath and texting on his cell with racing fingers Sherlock’s first thought was that he could be Dillon’s younger brother--handsoh to haul Tommy Cronin over his shoulder and drop him at Lincoln’s feet