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“That’s up to the grand jury”

“But you think he will”

“Mr Angelini, if and when I have arrested your son and charged hiree murder, it will be because I believe he will be indicted, tried, and convicted on those charges, and that I have the evidence to ensure that conviction”

He looked at her field bag where she’d put some of that evidence “I’ve done some research on you, Lieutenant Dallas”

“Have you?”

“I like to know the odds,” he said with a humorless smile that came and went in a blink “Commander Whitney respects you And I respect hihness, and she was not a fool She spoke of you, did you know that?”

“No, I didn’t”

“She was impressed by your ood at your job, aren’t you, Lieutenant?”

“Yeah, I’ood at it”

“But you make mistakes”

“I try to keep them to a minimum”

“A mistake in your profession, however minimal, can cause incredible pain to the innocent” His eyes stayed on hers, relentlessly “You found a knife in my son’s room”

“I can’t discuss that with you”

“He rarely uses this house,” Angelini said carefully “Three or four ti Island estate when he’s in the area”

“That ht Louise Kirski was killed” Iet the evidence to the lab, Eve elini, I can’t debate the state’s case with you—”