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“With thethe video feed taken at the park through facial recognition databases, although the man never looked in the direction of the surveillance cao We’ve also placed the i for the public’s help”
“Do you see them as perhaps connected to this?” asked Stone
“Too early to tell Maybe they were just lucky they left the park when they did”
“And the ganger? Was he a cop?”
“Did NIC tell you he was?”
“Not in so many words But they didn’t deny it either”
“I won’t deny it either, then”
Stone said, “His tooth was sticking in et a dental match on that, and possibly a DNA hit” He held up his sleeve “And this is his blood Do you have a kit in the trunk of the Bucar? You can swab for it right now”
“That won’t be necessary,” said Chapman
Stone turned to her “And why is that?”
“Because the tooth belongs to one of our security people as patrolling the park The doctors didn’t return it to you, did they? See, my man would actually like it back”
“And as your ht?”
“Because before he turned his ankle after tripping on some steps at the White House, my prime minister was scheduled to walk across Lafayette Park on his way back to Blair House, at precisely two minutes past eleven Lucky for him he didn’t, since he would have had his damn head blown off”
CHAPTER 10
AFTER THE FBI AGENTS and MI6 Chaphting to debris caused by the same storm This manual labor allowed hi hi some sticks and small branches, he stiffened and slowly turned around
“I’m impressed”
He turned to see Mary Chapman come out from behind a bush “I never moved What, you have eyes in the back of your head?”
“So and deposited it next to a wooden storage shed “When I need to”
Chapent A cemetery worker”
“Caretaker, actually This ceer It’s a historical site”
She stopped, lifted one leg and rubbed some dirt off her plain black low-heeled pu care of the dead?”
“I do”
“Why?”
“They never argue with e She followed They sat on the front porch A minute of silence passed as they listened to the chirps of birds ht ahead Chapaze continued to flick at hiht
“So Oliver Stone?” she said at last, with mirth in her eyes “I’ve enjoyed several of youranother film?”
“Why did you co to her
She rose and surprised hi, “Got time for a spot of coffee? I’ll buy”
She had a car, so they drove to lower Georgetown and found a parking spot on the street, an alested area
Stone told her so