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A faint smile lifted his mouth “Initially because she wasthe dent in Eve’s chin “I was My wife doesn’t like me to sleep with other women She’s very strict about it”

“I’ll led them “You know a lot of these people, or have i to want to talk to you later” She sighed “On the record”

“Of course Is it possible this was an accident?”

“Anything’s possible I need to exaets here Why don’t you go back there, do a pat and stroke on your people? And keep your ears open”

“Are you asking ation?”

“No, I am not” And despite the circumstances, her lips wanted to quiver “I just said keep your ears open” She tapped a finger on his chest “And stay out of my way I’m on duty”

She turned away as she heard the hard clop of what could only be police-issue shoes

Peabody’s were shined to a painful gleae Her winter-weight uniform coat was buttoned to the throat of a sturdy body Her cap sat precisely at the correct angle atop her dark, straight hair

They crossed the stage frolanced down at the body, pursed her lips “Looks like a hell of an opening night”

Eve held out a hand for her field kit “Record on, Peabody”

“Yes, sir” Because it ared out of her coat, folded it, set it aside She clipped her recorder to the collar of her uniform jacket

“Record on,” she said as Eve coated her hands and evening shoes with Seal-It

“Dallas, Lieutenant Eve, on-scene, stage set of New Globe Theater Also in attendance, Peabody, Officer Delia, and Mira, Dr Charlotte Victim is Richard Draco, mixed race male, late forties to early fifties”

She tossed the Seal-It to Peabody “Cause of death, stabbing, single wound Visual exam and minimal amount of blood indicate a heart wound”

She crouched, and with her coated fingers picked up the knife “Wound inflicted by what appears to be a coht inches in length”