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“Hey, I was in New Jersey visiting my folks” He didn’t bother to ask, but fell into step with her

“I need a gag on the broadcast”

“Well” He scratched his head as they headed up “We can probably finagle an order to confiscate the pictures of the scene” He ht soet it back, but we can hang them up for a few hours, anyway”

“Get to work on it I need all the data available on the victim They should have records here”

“That’s sih”

“Feed them to my office, will you, Feeney? I’ll be on my way there shortly”

“No proble else?”

Eve stepped off, scowled at the thick white doors of Studio A “I ht need some backup in here”

“That’d be my pleasure”

The doors were locked, the On Air sign glowing Eve struggled with a desperate urge to draw her weapon and blow the security panel apart Instead, she jabbed the eency button and waited for response

“Channel 75 Ne in progress, live,” ca electronic voice “What is the nature of your problem?”

“Police eency” She held her ID up to the small scanner

“One moment, Lieutenant Dallas, while your request is accessed”

“It’s not a request,” Eve said evenly “I want these doors open now, or I’ll be forced to break in under Code 83B, subsection J”

There was a quiet hu, then expressing annoyance “Clearing doors Please remain quiet and do not pass the white line Thank you”