That might be in conflict with your best interests as a stockholder. Ewes had been interested in this play for some reason. She had walked into Jennifer Stamoss office and told her to go see it. Now that Stamos had told him that she and Ewes were in love, her confiding in Stamos made sense. But the more he thought about it, the more Devine was convinced that Ewes had told Stamos more. He didnt believe Stamoss explanation that Ewes was trying to protect her by keeping her in the dark. If Ewes had told Stamos to check out the Lombard Theater, he was sure she would have told her lover why. Now, wait a minute... Dino started to say. I felt sorry for Hallahan. Ted not only had to be right, he had to punish you for not having agreed with him. Slicks coming for lunch. He watched her walk off. And then his smile faded.Shit. She walked out, leaving him staring moodily out the window at the bright sky. Goddamn it, Harvey, I told you shes scared out of her mind. She wants me to come get her, but I cant leave the kids and I dont want to take them over there so I told her I’d get you to go. Where? How did they do that? asked Devine. But why on earth would a man want to claim hed lost fifty thousand dollars worth of jewelry if he hadnt? Judge Lankershim asked in perplexity. We have here no question of a publicity-seeking individual who wants to see his name in the papers. The witness grinned.He was gone. I then turned to leave the apartment where Max Quane lay dead with his throat cut. I was going to leave without either calling the police or looking at Quane again. I didnt call the police, but I couldnt help but look at Quane. Although they didnt want to, my eyes went to his throat where the slashes were. Below the slashes was his tab collar with its neat little gold pin. There didn’t seem to be any blood on the pin. She nodded. Yeah? she said brightly. She had dirty blond hair that spooled around her narrow shoulders. Her face was button cute and her eyes danced with both focus and merriment. She was in her late twenties, she had told him, but sometimes, like now, the woman still looked to be in her teens. She was too skinny, but otherwise appeared healthy to his eye. She had bunny slippers on her feet. Her room was a wreck. Devine had seen more orderly spaces after hed tossed a grenade inside them. Devine and Montgomery exchanged glances. He said,Maybe I should go check the place out. I was afraid to. My story would have sounded crazy, and the minute I told it, Enny would have found out everything. Ive invested thirty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars in trying to save my marriage, and Im not going to back out now. At this time of night, the parking lot of the Skylight tavern had only three cars gracing its busted asphalt surface. I swung the rental into a slot and went inside..