I understand theyre somewhat in demand, in classes on police administration, arson, criminology and homicide investigation. She grinned at me. It was a saucy kind of grin.We dont get much call for beekeepers. What do you really do? No, I didnt want it. You still have it, dont you? Well, Dino said, looking at his watch. Its tomorrow morning — or this morning — over there. I can never remember which. All right, Mason told her, now we know what the district attorneys case is and we can go to work. There were a dozen cars ahead, and several officers were examining credentials, asking questions. Not much, I said. Yeah. I know, I keep going back and forth with that, too. Did he or didnt he? But the more I think about it, the more I think he was telling the truth. He is one competitive prick and he always wants value for his money. And he was pissed that he hadnt thought of framing me. He was also ticked off at his highly paid advisers because they didnt think of it either. He said he saw the security log and video later, andthen he was going to use it to put this problem behind him. In fact, based on that evidence, I think he thought I really had killed Sara. He doesn’t want the police snooping around here, and after what I found last night, I can understand why. But then I countered with some dirt I had on him that stopped him from revealing what he thought he had on me. 39 At what? I approve of your escape plan, Rick said. I wish I were going with you. Its pretty dull around here. I dont want to be like the guy who owns this palace. I will never be like him. I hope. No, I didnt. The free world, I said. I think they were still calling it the free world back in the sixties. Im not too certain, Judge Hoyt said. How do we know that this witness didnt confuse the faces of two people who got in his cab on the third of the month?.