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“Why are you co forward now?”

“As I said, I thought I could get aith it Perhaps I could have I never expected my son to be arrested in my place”

“So, you’re protecting him?”

“I killed them, Lieutenant What more do you want?”

“Why did you leave the knife i

n his drawer, in his room?”

His eyes slid away, slid back “As I said, he rarely stays there I thought it was safe Then I was contacted about the search warrant I didn’t have time to remove it”

“You expectthe case, by couilty” She lowered her voice, bit off each word “You’re so terrified that your son is ato take the rap rather than see hi to let another woelini? Or two, or three before you s reality?”

His lips treiven you my statement”

“You’ve given ling to calm herself, she stood outside, watched with a jaundiced eye as Angelini pressed his face into his hands

She could break him, eventually But there was always a chance that ould leak and the media would scream that there was a confession from someone other than the prime

She looked over at the sound of footsteps, and her body stiffened like steel “Commander”

“Lieutenant Progress?”

“He’s sticking to his story It’s got holes you could drive a shuttle through I’ve given hi up the souvenirs from the first two hits He didn’t bite”

“I’d like to talk to him Privately, Lieutenant, and off the record” Before she could speak, he held up a hand “I realize it’s not procedure I’ you for a favor”