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“Millie? Does Lou have a last name?”

“I don’t know it”

And then she hung up

Dressed for ith a gun, a weatherproof jacket, and sturdy shoes, I kissedfor me outside his apartment in the rain and the dark, and we sped off to 77 Geary with lights and sirens

The first units on the scene had taped off a se of it as aited for the red carpet to be rolled out for Moran and Stevens—or anyone in Central’s Homicide Unit

When my patience ran out, I radioed Central dispatch to report, “No investigators are on the scene It’s raining CSI has to get here fast”

We waited a total of two hours and fifteen minutes, and because I had called it in, the ME’s van and CSI mobile arrived

It’s basic criators have to see the scene before the body is reeted Garth Stevens at the door to his vehicle

I said, “I took crowd photos and called CSI”

He said, “I guess you’re going to win the Wonder Woman of the Year award”

“What’s wrong with you?” I asked him

He opened his car door, and I stepped away and watched him and Moran one and so were the witnesses Stevens had all the time in the world

I was raging as I drove Conklin horavated to obsession because of those two freakin’ cops fro and I had a throbbing headache I left Joe asleep in bed, and I took care of the best baby girl in the whole orld until Joe was on his feet

Then I gulped aspirin with unadulterated caffeine and flew out the front door like Wonder Woman

So I was in a state of high anxiety as I sat across froray desks I downloaded the photos from my phone and spun httime panorama of the crowd, banked three deep opposite the Geary Street crime scene