I dont like that word, browbeating, Mason said. This mans a businessman. He knows his rights. Im simply asking him to make a direct, positive, unequivocal statement to this Court. He’s afraid to do it. He’s afraid to list any one particular item of jewelry and swear that this woman stole that item of jewelry, because he knows he can’t prove it. It’s one thing to tell newspaper reporters and the police that he’s lost fifty thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry, and it’s another thing to prove it. Im sure it must have been an incredibly difficult decision for her, said Devine. You got a phone? I said again. sexy aunties in nude Devine knew all this because he had gone over every molecule of the case and spoken with the CID agents multiple times. He knew it wasnt suicide and had wondered why the CID hadnt concluded the same thing. He had come to find out it was more military politics than any sort of search for the truth. And Campbell had pretty much confirmed that. Well, do you know anything at all about it? Devine did so and said,Whenever you can get to it, but the sooner the better. Lives may depend on it. The sheriff scrambled forward, retrieved a somewhat battered lead bullet which had faint, reddish discolora-tions on its -point. You think we ought to leave, huh? the blond man said to Murfin. Not really, Stone said. Mason said,Just who has whom on the defensive is one of those things that events will have to determine. It occurred to Devine that he was struggling because he didnt know enough about his opponent, Brad Cowl. The waitress brought beer and Fritos, paused for their orders. Mason persuaded Della to try the Spanish rice and tortillas. Does he have another car? Devine had prepared what he was about to say on the ride up.I think Cowl is running the biggest money-laundering scheme in the history of the world. And would you like your career back? I dont know another way, given the circumstances. I think we need the state police, not the locals. Dino got out his cell phone and started punching numbers. Any idea where Mr. Cowl is? he asked. What kind of deal? You do know you saw this woman on the afternoon or evening of June third? Mason asked. Really? Now?.