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"Yes, we know"

"And I went out from there, out the side door that’s next to the infor on, and it looked like an unfinished Hollywood set out there, ith the piles of raood, the row of Porta Potties, te of white It was pretty, but cold, real cold Not ine how deep I sucked it in, the taste got ined he was res

"I was standing there, leaningabout stuff, you know? My son is in law school, but he’s having soht with Glyna--then I heard so I shouldn’t have heard We’re trained, you know, to tell sounds apart, to knohich ones are the usual sounds of the building or the wind, which ones shouldn’t be there, even the sound of soainst all that er over the et real sensitive to stuff like that Anyway, I was reaching forcrashed down on one I don’t even re over s Now, relax and think back again You’re s What is it exactly?"

"Like sos, real close, not , nohat the hell is that? I even called out, ‘Who’s there?’ "

"The sound was only six feet away?"

"Not more than ten feet, that’s for sure You saw the construction there, right? Nearly right against the building Yeah, real close"

"How long was it after you heard the noise that you were struck on the head?"

"Not more than a couple of seconds Like I said, I turned really fast when I heard it, ca And just when I turned, I got smashed on the back of my head"

Sherlock said, "Do you think there were two people there, Officer Biggs? One to distract you, make you turn toward the noise, the other person behind you?"

The ht, try to feel it again, try to re Okay, you’re standing there, Officer Biggs, you’re alert, you’re listening You’re at attention"

In a defeated voice filled with despair, Officer Biggs whispered, "Now that I really concentrate on it, I think it was one guy, Agent Savich Maybe he tossed so to make me look in one direction, to distract ers down to close them over his hand

"I think I would have felt it if there’d been two of theood instincts for stuff like that, real sharp senses But he still got s We’ll be speaking to you again, but not until you’re feeling better You rest You’ve given us excellent infor? What does she think of all this?"

Sherlock said, "She hopes that you’re better soon She asked us to tell you she’ll be coent Frank Halley is speaking with her now She’ll let you know if she has any other ideas about this"

"She’s been a good boss, doesn’t take grief frouards I hope she doesn’t fire uard stationed outside Officer Biggs’s room She said as they walked down the quiet hospital corridor, "He’ll have to live with this for the rest of his life"

"Yes And I’ll bet you he’ll never ss in the waiting roo, and continued on their way

"Now," Savich said, "it’s back to headquarters I have no doubt that Agent Frank Halley will be ready to take ned over hiainst the blowing snow, and walked to the parking lot Once in his Porsche, Savich turned the heater on high Sherlock said, as she pulled off her gloves, "Frank will get over it It’s what Director Mueller wants" She grinned, patted his arm "I’ll tell hiym"