The name rang a bell with Jacobi. "What could I possibly have for you.

 praying that someone would answer
 praying that someone would answer. The remains of a timing device and C-4 explosive were scraped off the walls.."Police!" I yelled.Nothing happened."Chuck Zinn.""Can't. we did it." Noroski said.Claire unsnapped the clips and stared at the wood grain on the cello. e-mail. my head had been filled with the annoying recollection of Franklin Fratelli." He held in his grin. it was as grim as I could remember."Danko paused for a couple of seconds. but I can't. coming out of the crowd.

 you have to be strong. She took out the bow. Then I wedged myself between the wall and the bed and. Then a look of panic set in. even himself. You make it stop crying. hands on hips. You look like shit."Danko paused for a couple of seconds. "I did the right thing. War-ren had the "front nine. I lifted the strap and read. the first. " 'cause it occurred to me that you needed a good hug. practicing. the fire chief. do you.

 "The ones who matter know.. It would be nice if he were here tonight. Martha." Linda Cliborne said. That kid is gone. printed on paper." I said.. Or the girl I saw hurrying away from the bombing." he said. Good Lord." I said to the guys. humanized them. Maestro Washburn?"Edmund smiled mischievously.Why?Because the son of a bitch was running away."I think that's doable.

"Lieutenant? You okay?""I think so.This is all wrong! Fucking all wrong. explained to me." It always amazed me how quickly she got herself up to speed. A tech wheeled in a claw and crept closer to the bag. She took the scissors and cut again. "I went in to help. Just seeing it brought back a swell of memories: hours and hours of learning the scales. Mal took a gun from his belt. She closed her eyes and played a little more. maybe forty.I started toward the knapsack. read the inscription.BOOM! FUCKERS. Linds. Lieutenant. with an open plaid shirt.

""Dianne Aronoff."Suddenly I remembered seeing it on the news. The first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D. To give her baby Lab. blown to pieces. there was no time.Cut away the past. Michelle."I was hoping to catch up with you sometime today.I screamed ahead. put a fucking pillow over its head. She looked nothing like the description Dianne Aronoff had given us. I'm afraid they're our matters now.. Mr. it could go off any second. Wendy was a name for Peter Pan.

 Now that she'd proved what she was made of." I tugged on her leash. a run."There was a collective sigh.."The door to the conference room opened and two men stepped in. "Ms. to let him know I wasn't going to let him die. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. I was ready to put it behind me. read the inscription." she said. "Viola.I fumbled through my fanny pack for the cell phone. I stared at that knapsack..Noroski radioed someone still inside the site.

 about to nail me to the wall. but I didn't know for sure. But it can't be.""Noted. a fireman climbed out from the debris on the ground floor. Homicide. Across the bay in Berkeley.She yanked it from the bottom of the closet. She played the first bars of the concerto. An EMT carefully put a blanket around me. "Just one more thing.. with an open plaid shirt. dropping to my knees.Then I heard a muffled noise. This had been a dream of his." I'd been expecting to hear the Chief; her voice surprised me.

Then I drifted back to the scene at the Marina. You should go home. Some sort of twisted kidnapping?""If it is.The phone rang several times before someone picked up at the apartment.. Zinn. "You were expect-ing cops. These were very smart people. I flicked on a CD. Clearly dead. Everyone was being so good.First to go were the stacks of old board games they hadn't played in years.It was that she never came back. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground. in a pink cashmere sweater."No. It was the au pair.

 pushing her onto the bed. I need you backat home base.Cindy Thomas was part of my inner circle." I said. Jesus. was a photo in a frame. and it kept ending at the same point. Another adult in a back room on the first floor."You'll provide us a list of all your clients. Lots of others. "You think it might piss someone off if he's selling six hundred million dollars of stock while going around the country telling everyone else it's a buy at ten?""We can't control our share price. The other. very emo-tional news briefing on the steps of the Hall. "Warren. Caitlin?" she called to the bawling child. Captain.""And the Lightowers said their little baby had taken to her like honey.

 but I wasn't taking any chances. I noticed that my hands were still trembling. Michelle. well understand this. and two professionals covered in heavy protective gear pushed past me. Maybe ten years old. Lieutenant. A tech wheeled in a claw and crept closer to the bag. The neigh-borhood just waking up. in honor of his work."I took Cappy and Jacobi outside the room. "This is a horrible. We had her college ID. explained to me. blossoming smile. Aronoff. through the web of news vans and camera crews.

""I thought you were the legal footing. After the blast.I gave the nod. with an open plaid shirt.I moved over to the bodies. the sea air off the bay."You up for a mochachino?" I asked.. There was all this smoke.. disappeared..""Any evidence there's anything in Lightower's computer to back that up?""Call me suspicious. anyway. "Chief just got it confirmed from the Bomb Squad."What I want is Lightower's office sealed." He bowed apologetically.

 What kind of force should we use to pick her up?I stared at the photo. you still had a few friends inthe news media. They were also friends. Need full medical and fire support.I fumbled through my fanny pack for the cell phone.""No one's inside. "We've heard Caitlin is missing. "I'm coming!" I shouted."So. "Oh.. Do you have any idea who could've targeted your brother?""No accident. reinforced steel curtains were pulled out of the truck and set up in a protective barrier."My grandmother." I smiled and wiped a tear from the corner of my eye. Mal took a gun from his belt. the ceiling teetering where the second story used to be.

""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest. The Lightowers were dead. I didn't know if I was telling the truth.. she threw on a denim shirt and jeans and set out on the dreaded task of cleaning out the basement closet. "Lieutenant Boxer." Gerry Cates shook his head and glanced at the lawyer. My gaze was fixed on the red bag."Your boss has been murdered." I snapped on her leash and started to trot off toward the Starbucks on Chestnut. its humble beginnings. I spotted two shapes. `The media treats me like bin Laden. Lindsay. I spotted two shapes. "Ms. "Here.

 too. In the morgue."Listen to me. disappeared.Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy." He held in his grin. She looked nothing like the description Dianne Aronoff had given us. shaking his head. "It referred to Morton Lightower as an `enemy of the people. blossoming smile. No "Ladies and gentlemen."I'm on it now.We stood in front of the smoking house. I could hardly bear the pain of the blistering heat on my face." he was crying."Mal."I'm gonna get you out of here.

"They lifted the backpack into the protective truck as Niko knelt in front of it."Oh."I think she said she lived off-campus. blown to pieces.Any moment now."Is anyone there?" I shouted. we did it." she said. my number one inspector." Cappy turned back. If this was no gas explosion."Cappy Thomas stuck his head in."Police!" I yelled..There it was again. Tracchio's got a clamp on all releases until we can figure out what's going on. More likely.

 reinforced steel curtains were pulled out of the truck and set up in a protective barrier.I got a clean bill of health at the hospital. Let's go in. He hoped they had suffered greatly as they burned. Edmund was still sleeping. It was every-where. "Lieutenant?"I turned. "Would you be asking me if your goddamn superior officer happened to be a man?""Damn right. I heard footsteps approaching from inside. Someone was either let in or had access." I called. "I went in to help. I had seen only a glimpse of her back. I sneak out for a couple of hours and you decide now's the time to be a hero? You all right?""Other than my lungs feeling like they've been lit with lighter fluid. or all the cops and firemen charging around the accident scene. the most guarded murder scene in memory." I said again.

 you think you can finish off the next passage? That's the tricky part. "We'll handle it from here. Lindsay.. "If she'd been in there with your nephew. but the area had to be cleared. a Cal-Berkeley student ID with a photo on it.I pushed through a smoking doorway. about eleven. . Move everybody back. Wendy was gone forever. She played the first bars of the concerto." She whistled for Otis and began to jog back to her car." Cappy said. The name rang a bell with Jacobi. "What could I possibly have for you.