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And Hammett was Cicely Towers’s final appointment of the day
“Print,” she
She tried the tele-link next, requesting all incoht hours It was likely she would have to dig deeper, but for now she ordered a recording of the calls, tucked the disc away, and began a long, careful search of the apartment
By five AM, her eyes were gritty and her head ached The single hour’s sleep she hadto wear on her
“According to known information,” she said wearily for the recorder, “the victiation to the contrary No indication that the victim left her apartment other than voluntarily, and no record of an appointment that would explain why the victim traveled to the location of the murder Primary has secured data froation Door-to-doors will begin at oh seven hundred and building security discs will be confiscated Pri victim’s residence and will be en route to victim’s offices in City Hall Lieutenant Dallas, Eve Oh five oh eight”
Eve switched off the audio and video, secured her field kit, and headed out
It was past ten when she made it back to Cop Central In concession to her hollow stoh the eatery, disappointed but not surprised to find one by that hour She settled for a soy muffin and what the eatery liked to pretend was coffee As bad as it was, she downed everything before she settled in her office
It was just as well, as her ’link beeped instantly
“Lieutenant”
She bit back a sigh as she stared into Whitney’s wide, grim-eyed face “Commander”
“My office, now”
There wasn’t time to close her mouth before the screen went blank
The hell with it, she thought She scrubbed her hands over her face, then through her short, choppy brown hair There went any chance of checking herRoarke to let him knohat she was into, or of the ten- about
She rose again, worked out the kinks in her shoulders She did take the time to remove her jacket The leather had protected her shirt, but her jeans were still daathered up what little data she had If she was lucky, she et another cup of cop coffee in the commander’s office
It only took Eve about ten seconds to realize the coffee would have to wait