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“Everything the others did happened because I busted hi he does has a reason It’s his reason, so it’s bent—but it’s there”

She glanced at her wrist unit “I’ve got a oing to leave it to Feeney to fill you in on any holes in this briefing, Peabody Once you have the lists from the runs I ordered, do a probability scan See if we can narrow the field a bit Feeney, when you review the disc he sent through Nadine, you et a line on it, we can trace the source We do it in steps, but we do it fast If he ht settle for someone else, anyone else He’s been out a week and already killed twice”

She broke off as her conaled She walked to retrieve her jacket as she answered Two minutes later she jammed it back in her pocket And her eyes were flat and cold

“Make that three tiot to Carl Neissan”

Eve was still steanified brownstone The fact that the guard on door duty demanded that she show her ID and had it verified before entry htly If the man posted at Neissan’s had done the saotten inside

Mira came down the hall toward her She was dressed casually in slacks and sweater, with softcasual about her eyes Before Eve could speak, she lifted a hand

“I appreciate your colanced to the right as a child’s laughter bounced through an open doorway “Under different circumstances I’d introduce you to my family But I’d rather not put them under any more stress”

“We’ll leave them out of it”

“I wish that were possible” Saying nothing more, Mira started upstairs

The house reflected her, Eve decided Cales, perfect style Her home office was half the size of her official one and must at one time have been a small bedroom Eve noted that she’d furnished it with deep chairs and what she thought of as a lady’s desk, with curved legs and fancy carving

Mira adjusted the sunscreen on aand turned to the mini AutoChef recessed into the wall

“You’ll have reviewed an, satisfied that her hands were steady as she programmed for tea “I would stand by it, with a few additions due to his time in prison”

“I didn’t coured”

“Do you?”

“I walked around inside his head before We both did”