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“No, sir But you could”

“Yeah” He scratched the side of his neck “I could Have you buation, Lieutenant?”

“Maybe I have” It was a hard one to s “If David Angelini is innocent—”

“The courts decide innocence or guilt,” he interrupted “You gather evidence You gathered some nice evidence, and the jerk was there for Kirski If he didn’t kill her, the bastard watched sohtered and walked away He don’t win any prizes in my book”

Tibble steepled his fingers and peered over them “You knoould ht you were carrying around too e about Kirski” When she opened her ave her a thin-lipped smile “Yeah, best to keep it shut You laid out soood shot he’d colory days,” he added with soret that they were over “Probleets hit instead You figure you’re responsible for that?”

She struggled with the lie, gave up to the truth “Yes”

“Get over it,” he said with a snap “The trouble with this case is, there’s too et past your guilt That uilty, you want to be pissed, wait till you nail him Clear?”

“Yes, sir”

Satisfied, he leaned back again “You walk out of here, theto be all over you like lice”

“I can handle the media”

“I’ot a fucking press conference Clear out”

There was only one place to go, and that was back to the beginning Eve stood on the sidewalk outside the Five Moons and stared down Playing the route back in her mind, she strode to the subway entrance

It was raining, she remembered I’d have a hand on rip on that, too Bad neighborhood I’ for anybody ants my purse as much as I do

She walked into the Five Moons, ignoring the quick

glances and the bland face of the droid behind the bar as she tried to read Cicely Towers’s thoughts