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“So you think he’s really guilty?”
“I don’t have enough information tofor us”
“What’s the alternative?”
“I haven’t thought of one yet”
“So who et in the chain?”
“If Turkekul is involved?” Stone glanced at her
Chap too And I know she’s your friend, but what about—”
“Adelphia is not part of this”
“Are you really sure? By your admission she’s been out of your life for a while”
Stone gazed at her and then put a hand on her shoulder “How do you feel about breaking a few rules?”
“Until I ood at it So we’re going after Turkekul?”
“No,” said Stone
“Who, then?”
“I can feel the other side leading us around again They expect us to go left Instead, this tiht”
CHAPTER 71
STONE MADE ONE STOP to get some information he needed while Chapave the directions to her
On the drive over he said, “They talked to one of Sykes’s coworkers They said when Sykes took the call he got very pale and ran to his car”
“What do you think happened?”
“I don’t know exactly, but I have a pretty good idea”
They reached the address, a townhouse coinia Chapet out of the car
“We wait,” he said
A half hour later a truck pulled up to the front of a small town house thirty feet froot out
Chapnized her immediately “That’s—”
“Yes, it is,” said Stone as he opened the car door
They reached her front door an instant before she closed it Stone stuck his foot in the gap The woe out
“Remember us?”
Judy Donohue, as still dressed in her National Park Service uniform, looked from him to Chapman “I… Yes, I do Are you here about poor Mr Sykes? I heard about it It ful”
“Can we come in?”
“Um, why?”
“Just to ask a few more questions”
“But I told you all I know”
“In light of recent developments other questions have come to mind” Stone pushed the door all the way open and Donohue was forced to step back as Stone crossed the threshold
“Hey,” she said angrily “You can’t do that”
“I just did,” said Stone Chapman closed the door behind her and Stone moved farther into the house
“This is illegal, isn’t it?” said Donohue
Stone glanced at Chapain, I’m not a lawyer”
“I’d like you to leave Right now”