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“Tiate the pris-nah,” he said

CHAPTER 9

BRADY AND I huddled in his office

He gave me the official body count, just tallied

“Twenty-five people dead Forty-five injured Some of them critical, with low to terrible odds of survival”

He handed me a list of the casualties I skimmed it for Joe’s name Then I folded the paper into thirds and stuffed it into the inside breast pocket of my everyday blue blazer

“You sure you’re up to this?” he asked me

I wasI orried about Joe, sleep deprived, and still in shock froht’s horror shohich would very likely stay with me for the rest of my life I was stressed to the bone and I knew that it showed on my face

Still, that Brady even questioned ation pissed me off

“Who can do this interview better than me? I was there He talked to me”

Brady said, “Okay I was being considerate Trying to be considerate So look, Boxer Here’s e know about Connor Grant”

Brady rease pencil on a yellow legal pad I looked at the pad What I saas a very short list

Said Brady, “He’s forty-five Drives a late-model Hyundai Never married, no kids, no family we could find, but there are a lot of Grants in this country Anyway He teaches ninth-grade science at Saint Brendan High School Been there for about five years Science teacher blows up a science ht? His reviews on Rate My Teachers are good The kids like him”

“He doesn’t have a sheet?”

“Nope He’s clean as a nun’s habit A solid citizen Pays his taxes Obeys traffic laws Colors within the lines”