Then lets get out of here, Stone said. He got into the car in the garage and placed the shotgun on his lap, then Fred rolled out onto the street. Two men on motorcycles, who had been waiting at the curb, followed the car. As they turned onto Park Avenue, Stone noticed a motorcyclist sitting on an idling machine, talking on a cell phone. See that, Fred? No, itdoesnt look good. But have you considered another possibility? Okay, consider yourself cut loose, she said. Try not to bump your head on anything and screw up my work. What situation? SignedMINERVA DANBY The client is the Public Employees Union. If youre reading this, then youre still alive, but not for long. Jim Weaver was my friend, and he didnt deserve what he got. I’ll see that you have time to think about that while you’re dying yourself. You have that to look forward to. When was that examination made? There was a night-light at the end of the hallway, and it cast an eerie glow. Stone waited a few seconds, then walked down the hallway, opening the door to two guest rooms and checking them out. Finally, he went back to the bedroom. Chapter Four Mason turned the canoe, sent it swiftly to the exhausted girl. Whats wrong? he blurted out. Yes. It seems that everything is resolved. Chapter 71 Devine heard Tapshaws car pull into the one-car garage. Shortly thereafter he heard her come up the stairs. He listened to her open and close her bedroom door a few moments later. He sat on his bed and thought about things. The problem was there were too many things to think about. Mason jokingly jerked his thumb toward the corridor. Do you own a bulletproof vest? I thought if I sat in the car and didnt make a move to get out, hed change his mind. I presume itll be dismissed. There wont be any complaining witness, no one to testify what, if any, articles were missing. The cops had made no mention of Ewes having had sex or being sexually assaulted or raped. Had Cowl tried to have sex with her and she refused? And in a fit of rage he had strangled her and then hoisted her up to cover up his crime? Cowl was physically capable of doing that. And he had clearly been frustrated by her rejection of his advances..