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Parker nodded “That house easily goes for a million, maybe a million and a half”

There was a security light on above the garage e got there We scanned the ith binoculars, but there was nothing No movement anywhere, even after another half an hour There was no way to tell if Scanlon was home

Parker fixed that, and quick She made a phone call, and about twenty minutes later, a plain, white panel van pulled onto Chaparal It passed us without acknowledgment and then slowed to a brief stop in front of Scanlon’s house before pulling away

Parker’s phone dinged a couple of minutes later

“It’s clean,” ca son of a bitch Good luck”

“Gee, thanks,” Parker said, hanging up

“Infrared?” I said

“Close,” Parker said “That was the LA office’s portable X-ray van We use it at the ports sometimes, and on presidential visits Two techs in the back of it work equip”

“Like a TSA team on wheels? I take it that’s a pretty much all-male detail Tell me, Parker Can federal contractors apply for the job, and what’s the waiting list like?”

Parker raised one of her auburn eyebrows

“You’d be surprised how ents are in the unit, Bennett”

I blinked at her

“Well, in that case, reo back to the hotel I need to make a supply of tinfoil boxers for my stay here in LA”

Though Parker tried to hide it, I noticed she actually laughed a little at that one My war of attrition was taking its toll As usual, I earing her doith my charm

“Now, if Scanlon isn’t hoht, where do you think he is, Mike?”