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“You said there was light”

“Just that circle of light He’d been in the shadows He earing black,” David said on a burst of inspiration “A long black coat—and a hat, a hat that drooped do”

“That’s convenient He earing black It’s so original”

“Lieutenant, I can’t advise my client to continue to cooperate if you persist in sarcasm”

“Your client’s in hip deep My sarcas ones Means, motive, opportunity”

“You have nothing but my client’s admission that he witnessed a crierous nails on the conference table, “you have absolutely nothing to link hiot, Lieutenant, is a maniac on the loose, and a desperate need to appease your superiors and the public with an arrest It’s not going to be my client”

“We’ll have to see about that Now—” Her conal froed, and she masked it with a bland smile “Excuse me, I’ll only be a moment”

She stepped out of the roolass, a huddle was in progress “Give ood news, Feeney I want to nail this son of a bitch”

“Good news?” Feeney rubbed his chin “Well, you otiations with our pal in there Covert negotiations”

“For?”

“The lead in some flick It was all on the QT because her contract for Tune In was coed the part, she illing to ditch the sitcouarantee a three-feature deal, international distribution, and twenty hours’ straight promo”

“Sounds like she wanted a lot”

“She was squeezing hient said is he needed Metcalf to guarantee so, but they wanted a chunk on the front end He was scra to come up with it and save his project”

“He knew her And she had the controls”

“According to the agent, he came in to meet Metcalf personally, several tiot a little hot, but Metcalf laughed it off She was banking that he’d come around”