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“So, she heads out It’s raining pretty hard Her uets a few feet So for her to come out”

“Doesn’t want to see her inside,” Feeney put in “Doesn’t want to be seen”

“Right They have to talk a couple of ue—not ument, there isn’t time Nobody’s on the street—nobody who’d pay attention, anyway A couple ofon the sidewalk Did he plan to do her all along?”

“Lotsa people carry stickers in that area” Thoughtful, Feeney rubbed his chin “Couldn’t get pre, the setup Yeah, that’s how it shakes down to me”

“Me, too One slice No defensive wounds, so she didn’t have time to feel threatened The killer doesn’t take her jewelry, the leather bag, her shoes, or her credits He just takes her umbrella, and he walks away”

“Why the umbrella?” Feeney wondered

“Hell, it’s raining I don’t know, an impulse, a souvenir As far as I can see, it’s the onlya ten-block area to see if he ditched it”

“If he ditched it in that area, so around with a purple parasol”

“Yeah” A visual of that almost , Feeney? He had to be sure”

“Threat?”

“A PA lives with threats One like Toould shake them off like lint”

“If they were aiot kids” He nodded toward the frarams “She wasn’t just a lawyer She was a mother”

With a frown, Eve walked over to the holograether as young teenagers A flick of her finger over the back had the audio bubbling out

Hey, big shot Happy Mother’s Day This will last longer than the flowers We love you

Oddly disturbed, Eve set the fraain “They’re adults now They’re not kids anymore”