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"Were you now, Warren?" Mason said "Why?"

It was obvious that Warren O’Dell was scared spitless He was standing in the middle of his beautifully furnished office on the nineteenth floor of the McCord Building on Michigan Avenue looking as if he wanted to jump out a

"Yes, sir," he said finally "I would have called you as soon as it happened, but it was such a shock, you know I couldn’t pullLouey’s dead, blown up by a car bomb I can’t believe it It doesn’t seeate?"

Raut Did O’Dell consider Mason Lord to be sood with total i citizen," Mason said, his voice austere, as if he’d been the one to insist on the cops coe Hunt is the hter"

"Oh, yes, now I see I couldn’t i me It’s the shock of Louey’s death It’s shaken irl the day off I was so upset"

"I see you have some boxes shoved behind your desk, Warren I don’t suppose you were planning to destroy so vacation?"

"Oh no, sir I was just cleaning house Nothing et any assistance you require," Mason said

"No, sir, I’m just fine, really"

Mason Lord barely raised his voice "Gunther"

The hugedead on at Warren O’Dell As if O’Dell were a bug, Raht

"Yes, Mr Lord?"

"We need to assist Mr O’Dell See those boxes shoved behind that iany desk of his? We’ll take those and have a look at theh Mr O’Dell’s file cabinets"