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Ben repeated what he’d been saying over and over to her that evening, "He was crazy, Callie, just plain crazy He wanted to go out in a blaze of glory How better to get attention than to murder a Supreme Court Justice, any Supreme Court Justice, and all his law clerks?

"You want to know so else? When he realized that Savich had set a trap for hient’s living rooht, and that ents trying to bring him down It was very much in character for him"

Callie said after a moment, "And you believe he picked up a wo crazy didn’tfor a couple?"

"He’d been G&uuuess he never even kneho he actually was"

"As Jimmy Maitland said, he used another man’s nao in, I want to say soht Can I see you wear it again so back to my apartment tomorrow My mom says now that it’s over, she doesn’t need ood or Ah bad?"

"Do you know it’s only a thirty-eight-foot walk frohed, leaned over, kissed him on the mouth, and was out of the door of the Crown Vic "Tomorrow, Ben?"

"Sure Great You know, that little black dress of yours would look even better hanging on uy-type visual Be still ave him a little wave and walked up the sidewalk to her mother’s house He waited until she unlocked the front door and disappeared inside before he drove away

Callie turned to set the house alarone to bed She walked upstairs, and paused aSlowly, she pushed the door open and stepped into her mother’s lovely bedrooht pouring through the

She walked to the bed to ht

The bed was ehts, searched for a note, then walked to her own bedroom to look for one

She picked up the bedrooht She pushed the play button There was a call froer at the Tyson’s Corner store, one froe to call her lawyer about Stewart’s will, and finally, the last ht away It’s an eency"

Anna had called an hour and twelve ency? Callie started to call, then slowly laid the phone back in its cradle It was no surprise they were le around at her house since her divorce some ten years before The five friends frequently ency? Callie didn’t pause, bundled back up in her coat and gloves, and headed out to her car

Janette Weaverton lived in Emmittsville, Maryland, not ht

There weren’t ood time She pulled into Janette’s driveway behind her mother’s Mercedes nineteen minutes later

Besides her mother’s Mercedes, Callie saw four familiar cars parked in Janette’s driveway

There were a lot of lights on in the house Callie walked to the front door, quietly opened it, and stepped into the warm front entrance hall She eased the door shut behind her Janette was aspare, utilitarian She reirl stuff, but that had changed after her husband had left

Callie heard wo room She paused just outside the open door when she heard Juliette’s voice: "And just what are you proposing to do now?"

Callie heard her mother say, "Calm down, Juliette It won’t help if we all fall apart It’s been a shock, but we’ll deal with it Let’s talk about this We’ll figure out what’s best"

"But Steas your husband, Margaret," Bitsy said "How can you be so damned calm about it?"

"What do you wantnew, is it?"