He nodded. Somebody trying to kill a congresswoman? Its as easy as that? Vanessa asked. At that time people are in bed, including me. And what do I need another alibi for, anyway? Does he have another car? Ive been here all evening. No, she returned it to me. Doable, as soon as I see cash, Harvey replied firmly. I cant talk to you about it. I can barely talk to myself about it. We need to talk right away. I Googled you. Since you were an army investigator you should know how these things go. This could be nothing but I need to follow it down. I had an officer at the Skylight at seven oclock this morning. The day man wasnt much help. He gave my man the home phone number of the night bartender but says the night man shacks up with different female customers, so he wasnt sure he could contact him until he showed up for work.’ I just have a few questions, he said. So, you noticed the weather? Shots, Drake corrected, plural. That wont happen, the Candidate said. Well, after I talked to Meany I got hold of one of our guys who used to have pretty good connections with the PEU. Excellent connections, in fact. So he went down to see this new guy thats taken over — the black guy — uh— The National Weather Service is rarely wrong, Fred replied. Ten minutes later, they drove into the garage. I was about to ring again when I heard his voice ask,Who is it? He didnt open the door to just anyone. Not many people in Washington do, other than my sister. But Slick had grown especially wary since the time he reluctantly had opened it to a soft-spoken young couple who claimed to be Jehovahs Witnesses. They had promptly bopped him overthe head and made off with about $2,000 in cash and valuables..