Ed, Stone, lets go climb some stairs. They got out of the big SUV, went to the front door, and Dino opened it with one of the two keys on the chain. The lights on the stairway came on automatically, and Dino led the way up the steps. At the second floor, he used the other key to open the door. He felt for a light switch and found one. It turned on three lamps in the room. An interior staircase led up to another floor. Youve seen it, asshole, spat Cowl. Surprisingly, it seemed business as usual at Cowl and Comely, despite a bodys having been found in the pool of the firms leader. And that leaders still being absent from the scene. Mr. Myers? It wasnt just that. He came back to me for more money. I paid him. He came back again for more. He left me no other choice. I dont like people who break their word. He parked his car and waited. That, Mason said, will be disclosed in due time. Just doing his job. I just wanted to announce that I am a stockholder in the corporation, Mason said, and as such I am interested in anything that is done by you directors. Her first name is Frances, Stone said. She may be staying, with Larkin, at the Edison Hotel, in the theater district, but dont count on it. I shrugged.You get used to it. You build up an immunity and after a while they dont bother you. The stings, I mean. The first thing you learn is not to wear blue jeans. Bees hate blue jeans. Chapter Thirteen I spent five minutes more thinking about my scenario. Unless it really had been an accident there werent many alternate ways Karens car could have been sent down the side of a steep cliff. I picked her up a little before five oclock. Around a quarter to five, I guess. Well talk about it later. At the farm. I didnt know I was beingmacho, I said. She began to descend again.Looks like hes headed for Marsh Harbor, she said. Called an ambulance and the police, he said. I was..