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“You didn’t answer the question,” he murmured “Never mind I’ll let you knohen I’ll be back” His voice was clipped now, cool, and he turned the ht like to see what the ”
Eve read the first headline with a kind of weary resignation Mouth grim, she scanned froh Renowned New York prosecutor es, of course, of Towers Inside courtrooes of her children, comments and quotes
Eve snarled a bit at her own ie and the caption that labeled her the top hoator in the city
“I’rief on that,” she muttered
There was more, naturally Several papers had printed a brief rundown of the case she’d closed the previous winter, involving a prominent US senator and three dead whores As expected, her relationship with Roarke was mentioned in every edition
“What the hell does it matter who I am or who I’m with?”
“You’ve leaped into the public arena, Lieutenant Your name now sells media chips”
“I’, she swiveled to the elaborate grillwork along the far wall “Open viewing screen,” she ordered “Channel 75”
The grill slid open, revealing the screen The sound of the early broadcast filled the room Eve’s eyes narrowed, her teeth clenched
“There’s that fang-toothed, dickless weasel”
Aive his six o’clock report He ell aware that Eve’s disdain for the ust over the last couple of ust that stemmed from the simple fact that she now had to deal with them at every turn of her professional and personal life Even without that, he didn’t think he could bla Morse
“And so, a great career has been cut off cruelly, violently A wority has been reat city, left there to bleed in the rain Cicely Toill not be forgotten, but will be reht for justice in a world where we struggle for it Even death can’t diacy
“But will her killer be brought to the justice she lived her entire life upholding? The Police and Security Depart officer, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, a jewel of the department, is unable to answer that question”
Eve all but grohen her ie filled the screen Morse’s voice continued
“When reached by ’link, Lieutenant Dallas refused to coation No denial was issued as to the speculation that a cover-up is in process”