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“Looks real to me” He puffed out his cheeks “She’s buck ass naked, too That’s all I know,” the guard claimed as the elevator shot upward “Her assistant et ht over when she went out on the ledge That’s what I heard”

“You call for psych?”

“Soot the company shrink up there now, and a specialist in self-termination is on the way Fire depart’s backed up Bad traffic jam on Fifth”

“Tell me about it”

The doors opened onto the roof, and Eve stepped out into a brisk, cooling wind that hadn’t been able to find its way through the towering walls of buildings to the valley of the streets She took a quick scan

Cerise’s office was built onto the roof, or lass forree view of the city and people she loved to dish up in her paper

Through the glass, Eve could see the artwork, decor, and equipht office And on the U-shaped lounging sofa, a man was stretched out with a compress on his forehead

“If that’s Rabbit, tell hiet out here to fill et anyone who isn’t essential off this roof Clear that crowd off the streets If she goes off, we don’t need her squashing bystanders”

“I just don’t have the an

“Get Rabbit out here,” she repeated and called Cop Central “Peabody, I’ve got a situation”

“I heard What do you need?”

“Get down here, send a crowd dispersal unit tome all available data on Cerise Devane See if Feeney can put a freeze on her ’links—home, personal, and portable—for the last twenty-four hours Make it snappy”

“Done,” Peabody responded and broke transmission

She turned as the guard all but carried a young man across to her Rabbit’s company tie was loose, his stylishly shaped hair was mussed and matted His hands, neatly manicured, shook

“Tell me exactly what happened,” she snapped “Make it fast, and make it clear You can fall apart when I’m finished with you”