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Moe sighed It was a windy, disappointed sound “You can, of course, charge Mr Angelini with those lapses We will, in turn, claim diminished capacity, shock, and the emotional trauma of his mother’s recent murder This would all be a waste of the court’s time, and the taxpayer’s dollar”

“I haven’t charged your client with thoselapses as yet We’re dealing with a larger theme here”

Curly scribbled so, tilted his pad for Larry to read The two of therave

“You have confirmed my client’s appointment at Channel 75”

“Yeah, he had an appointment, which he canceled at eleven thirty-five Odd that his dih for hiain, Eve turned and pinned Angelini with one hard stare “You know Nadine Furst?”

“I knoho she is I’ve seen her on the news” He hesitated, leaned over to consult Moe After a moment, he nodded “I’d met her a few times socially, and spoke with her briefly after my mother’s death”

Eve already knew all of that, and circled her quarry “I’m sure you’ve seen her reports You’d have a vested interest, as she’s been covering the recent murders Your mother’s murder”

“Lieutenant, what does e of his mother’s death have to do with the murder of Ms Kirski?”

“I’ You have seen Nadine Furst’s reports over the last couple weeks, Mr Angelini”

“Of course” He’d recovered enough to sneer “You’ve gotten a lot of airtime out of it, Lieutenant”

“Does that bother you?”

“I think it’s appalling that a public servant, paid by the city, would seek notoriety through tragedy”

“Sounds like it pissed you off,” Eve said with an easy shrug “Ms Furst has been getting plenty of notoriety out of it, too”

“One learns to expect someone like her to use someone else’s pain for her own advancement”

“You didn’t like the coverage?”