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CHAPTER 20

THE KETTERING HOME

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA

SUNDAY EVENING

BEN STOPPED OFF in Georgetown to let Savich get his Porsche, then led the way to the Kettering home in Fairfax They pulled into the driveway just after seven o’clock that evening

There weren’t any reporters or TV vans hanging around The media hadn’t yet learned where the as stashed

But there were four cars parked along the curb, two Mercedes, a Lexus, and a BMW Callie said to Ben, "It looks like Mo at the display of autorunted He wasn’t a snob, dammit, but couldn’t any of the that didn’t sns and twelve cylinders, so like his? The Crown Vic had plenty of muscle, but that was different

He realized Callie was staring at hiave hiht, so it’s one of the cheaper ing out the ?"

Savich and Sherlock joined them at thather ar up, see if she’s re Looks like she’s got lots of cotinize"

The snoas , the air eet and cold The forecast predicted a dip below freezing tonight, turning what snoas left into ice It was perfectly dark, not even a sliver of a moon Callie felt colder than she should have, probably because she was stressed and tired, her stepfather was dead, and now Danny O’Malley was dead too There was a etting any closer Savich kept stuff to hih So did Sherlock, for that ether for the FBI They were so in tune with each other She wondered how long they’d been together She looked over at Ben and wondered if she could ever be in tune with hirief, she was letting Sonya’s re his wife said Would they let her review all the interviews that Savich was putting on his laptop? She hoped so She had a good eye According to Savich, MAX was going to help highlight inconsistencies, red-flag interviews that were glaringly at odds with others, and do the analysis muchto suggest specific questions to ask It sounded a, and she wanted to see it work

She unlocked the front door and led the room, she stopped cold

In addition to Janette Weaverton, Juliette Trevor, Bitsy St Pierre, and Anna Clifford, Justice Wallace and his ere cozied up next to Justice Alto-Thorpe and her husband, both couples sitting on a sofa across froaret

"This is an unexpected find," Savich whispered, and strode in, drawing all eyes to him immediately He wondered for a aret Califano was squirreled away, then rened to them They were probably parked discreetly outside

Savich walked directly to Margaret Califano and took her hand He s better, ma’am"

"Callie called me about poor Danny O’Malley I didn’t know him well It’s unbelievable that he’s dead too, just like Stewart What is happening here, Agent Savich?"

Savich said loud enough for everyone in the big living room to hear, "We don’t know for sure,and may have tried to blackmail the killer or the person who hired the killer"

A loud voice, anger sieneral incompetence of the people who are supposed to protect us, I arace, and I shall see to it that Congress does so about it"

He’d know that voice anywhere, Savich thought, and the words, and turned to Justice Alto-Thorpe, as sitting on the edge of the sofa,over her head Her husband was looking off toward the s, see no attention

Savich said easily, "I’iven that you’ve already told Agent Sherlock and th"