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“Those arguht to raise them now”

Big Dick was right But Marinelli still didn’t like it He had to think this through To buy time, he simply said, “Fine Whatever,” and left it at that

Marinelli prepared a standard response to Baxter’sit Meanwhile, he continued investigating Father Raated Ra connections The Archdiocese, he thought He’d lay odds someone in the Archdiocese pressured the police to leave Ramirez alone

Marinelli asked his detective friend to set up another call with his CI He proe for naest buyers, whatever he had Once he had some naating the connection, seek warrants to obtain soainst someone in Los Diablos for the murder, he wanted to make it If it led to more, so much the better

Marinelli was eating dinner at hoh the peephole, he was surprised to see Dawson He opened up

“Sir?” he said “What brings you here?”

“Bad news, I’m afraid May I come in?”

“Of course,” Marinelli said Dawson, looking dapper in a caloves, stepped inside and closed the door quietly behind him Marinelli turned and led Dawson to the kitchen

“I was just having dinner I hetti—tooto drink?”

“This won’t take long” Dawson said “I’m sorry”

Marinelli turned Daas pointing a gun with a silencer at him

“You’re fired,” Dawson said and shot twice

Dawson called an i to announce that someone had apparently forced his way into Dan Marinelli’s apartment and

killed him It looked like a professional hit, possibly ordered by soh-profile cases Marinelli’s cases would be reassigned Finnegan volunteered to take the Hernandez case, since as he put it, “it’s such a slaood hands