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“None taken”

“We’ve got, as potentials, aals, woeneral dislike He enjoyed preying on wo als habit He was also an irritating son of a bitch, and had everyone who knew hi him up by his intestines It doesn’t cut the list by much But”

She shifted in her chair “I started running probabilities last night Made some headway My handy new XE-5000 will copy that data to you so you can continue to run scans I have a consult with Mira shortly That may help shave th

e working list down Set up a conference with our pals in EDD for eleven”

“And the interviews this afternoon?”

“Go as scheduled I’ll be back in an hour, two at et held up, contact the lab and nag Dickhead into verifying the illegals I sent down this ”

“A pleasure Bribe or threat?”

“How long have you worked with me now, Peabody?”

“Almost a year, sir”

Eve nodded as she strode out “Long enough Use your own judgment”

• • •

Mira’s area was ined that was the word—compared with the warrens and hives of the majority of Cop Central A bubble of calm, she supposed, especially if you didn’t knoent on behind the doors of Testing

Eve knew, and she hoped eons passed before she was forced to step through theain

But Mira’s individual space was a world away fro She favored shades of blues in her cozy scoop chairs, in the soothing ocean waves she often set on her mood screen

Today she was dressed in one of her soft and snazzy pastel suits A hopeful green, the color of spring leaf buds Her hair waved back from a face of composed beauty Eve constantly admired There were teardrop pearls at her ears that old-linked chain at her throat