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“No, ht You need medical attention We’ll meet you at Manhattan Mehter We’re questioning her right now”

“You have Diana?” Janet looked un on her “Please, let her go I’”

Harvey arched a brow “Including how your daughter killed Ronald Lexington?”

Janet’s face fell

“Speaking of which,” Ryan said, walking into the storage unit “Before Marc carries you off, Madeline, where can we find the recording of the Lexington surgery?”

“The second box down,” she replied “That has the video recordings of last year’s surgeries You should find Ronald’s about halfway down” She paused, gritting her teeth against the pain for as long as she could “But I still don’t knohat’s on there that will incri, Conrad would have seen it, either during the surgery or when he reviewed the tape”

“It’s not about seeing it It’s about hearing it,” Ryan replied

They all turned to look at him

“While ere in the van, I did a full rundown on Diana Moss Evidently she’s an audiophile and does blog posts on current, in-depth computer software She’s really sharp—I’ve seen her posts, which by the way are done under the name Trix In her most recent post, she mentioned that she’d just tried out new software called Audio Detracktor Fortunately, so did I The software separates sounds into discreet audio tracks so you can hear each one clearly and separately fro of Ronald’s surgery to see what it gives us”

“Later,” Marc said fir to the hospital Bring whatever equipment you want there”

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THE MANHATTAN MEMORIAL ER staff labeled Marc the biggest pain in the ass they’d encountered in years

He didn’t give a damn He hovered around like a mother hen while Madeline was examined, X-rayed and taped up The ribs had been rebroken and there were bad contusions, not only on her ribs but on her face, chest and abdomen She had cuts and scrapes everywhere, and it took quite a while to stop all the bleeding The bruise on her face elling badly, and the nurse, Roberta Sanders—who with Madeline as if the professional ostracism of the past week had never happened—had applied an ice pack to the swelling

“I gave you so for the pain,” Roberta said, “as well as so to help you rest So don’t be surprised when you conk out”

“Gee, it’s like being on the other side of an ER table” Madeline gave a weak sirl and rest I’ll drink plenty of fluids, too Can Marc please stay with me?”