Believe it. My older sister, Beth, is the one with the brains. He didnt have to pretend to be surprised. The realization that the message was accurate hit him like an IED. Dead! What happened? I guess thats better than just being a lousy shot. Well… of course I dont know. But hell know I switched— Yes, Your Honor, Mason said. Shed visited our Chicago offices with Ted one time and wed taken to each other immediately. We watched the priest make his slow way to the door and then disappear. Then he was only hollow footsteps on the bare concrete. The side door opened. That should have been followed by the thud of the heavy door closing. I dreamed about the shooting again, except this time it was for real. This time Jesss head wrenched around and gaped at me. Then the bullets struck the back of her skull. But as blood and pieces of her brain bloomed in the air above her head, she started laughing. The laugh, unlike a sound Id ever heard before, was more disturbing than the violence had been. He said,It isnt conscience, its business. I make my rounds exactly at twenty past the hour. Takes me about twenty minutes. I have to key into certain areas so theres an electronic trail. That means I was in the lobby at midnightand at one ten. Nobody came into the lobby that night. I can count on one hand the number of times someone came in that late, and Ive been working here six years. Go to hell, Drake said. She shook her head impatiently.Im not buying stock. Im buying a husband. Do you have an opinion as to the time of death? Were not pros to the London constabulary, Dino said. At least, youre not. Even if we can take him without shooting him or getting shot, were going to spend the rest of the day answering questions and pulling strings to get out of custody. Call your pros..