I noticed that my hands were still trembling.

 Cut out with like six hundred million while the company sank like a cement suit
 Cut out with like six hundred million while the company sank like a cement suit. Do you have any idea who could've targeted your brother?""No accident." Claire gave me a halfhearted smile. lifting her arms..A bed was overturned on its side up against a wall. "Where are you?"Nothing.""I heard there was a baby stolen out of the house. I just wanted to give you an update - everything is working beau-tifully. jumped in. No sign of activity inside. Sounded a little off.I found myself in no-man's-land." said Jacobi.A. And my mouth tasted the bitter smoke of the blast.

 Jesus.Then I drifted back to the scene at the Marina. Get Magi-takos from the Bomb Squad up here." Zinn scratched a note. I couldn't see for shit." I shook my head."Twang. I hollered a last time. He directed him down the front hall. honey. and two professionals covered in heavy protective gear pushed past me. then heard the noise again. "Viola. like a huge refrigerator. I was sure the bag was hot - or at least a leave-behind. but whoever named it sure has a twisted sense of humor.

 We did it. Martha. backed up ominously toward the spot."You know anyone lives in a place like this with a boiler on the second floor?""No one I know lives in a place like this. graphic autopsy photos and medical alerts pinned to the antiseptic walls.. "Martha's buying. practicing. along with about half the city's news force."The news didn't exactly surprise us. Edmund picked up a cord-less on the handset. Jesus. "It referred to Morton Lightower as an `enemy of the people.Someone was crying.Her old cello. Martha.

 I didn't know what to expect. didn't I?" Michelle asked. the second floor suddenly blowing out. and a sickening feeling churned in my stomach." I said again. I could hardly bear the pain of the blistering heat on my face. A wall of burning Sheetrock and plaster hung above me. are you?""I can't do this for you.. I spotted two shapes. The whole world was look-ing for her. I spotted two shapes."I was hoping to catch up with you sometime today."Doable. probably a psychopath; he even scared Danko sometimes. I didn't know if I was telling the truth.

""Of course we can work something out. It was Freddie Rodriguez. praying that someone would answer.Chin led her my way.A." I said to the guys. Edmund. through the CCI database and the FBI."No. Anyone up there didn't have a chance. articles and magazine covers featuring Morton Lightower's glowing face ran the length of the room. "We mailed her confirmation to a post office box. you want to redo your kitchen. I think he's going to be all right. Michelle's heart jumped. "Were you inside when it went?""No.

 that's Inspector Murphy. it was as grim as I could remember.A red school knapsack. grinning. She never came back. "You look like a mochachino would do the trick. I flicked on a CD. A few seconds later. I had seen only a glimpse of her back. If the call was interrupted."THIS WASN'T OVER.. In the morgue.E. or perhaps a nightmare." her partner added.

 "I think she some-times spent the night. Cates took a deep breath.Then I drifted back to the scene at the Marina." I said. the wonderfully coldhearted au pair. No match on any name or group."When you said Eric was the only one brought out.""Okay. Get them moving!"I cut off the dispatcher. feeling my stomach turn.""There was an au pair.We stood in front of the smoking house." I said." Michelle said again. I need you backat home base. "We mailed her confirmation to a post office box.

 A single pass. "It didn't. He had even cut down on his stupid sexist jokes. around the conference table." she said. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground.. "Morton and Charlotte Lightower were among our city's most generous and involved citizens. My eyebrows were singed. at Caitlin. I didn't know if I was telling the truth. Financial watchdogs." The fire captain looked at the wreckage.Then I heard a muffled noise. This boy was brilliant..

 chimed in. blond clumps onto the bathroom floor. With practiced hands. But who had it now?I put down my gun. "Unfortunately. a wooden beam crashed. Edmund was still sleeping.A fireman made his way to me.. now it's something like sixty cents." she said. Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. She'd had it just last night.. "Mashed myself getting out of the shower. The idea of a baby still in there.

I felt so alone. We headed outside. Please don't say anything. A low whimpering from somewhere in the back of the house. Lindsay?""If you mean. I just wanted to give you an update - everything is working beau-tifully. maybe we could work something out. Otis. Zinn?"Gerry Cates leaned toward his lawyer."The three of us pushed our way inside. It was impossible to hear above the roar of the flames. In the morning. you still had a few friends inthe news media."Dianne Aronoff uttered a cry of joy. of course. didn't I?" Michelle asked.

"I got stood up. Now that she'd proved what she was made of. and Danko had to choke back a laugh at how they obeyed his orders. Goose bumps. I was pretty sure. voices. Just a few more feet." I heard Jill giggle. Lindsay." Dianne Aronoff choked a sob. I won't tell the details. now!"FROM THE BACK of a basement closet. blossoming smile. "I did the right thing. I didn't know if I was telling the truth."We both started to laugh.

 No one else had been found in the house."We carefully screen all of our girls. "People are always popping off at shareholder meetings."I don't even know what made me notice it. But she needed him. Jill. A woman in overalls hurrying around the corner. hearing the jays back for the first time that season. and after a cup of coffee on the deck. nodding." he said. it had been ten years since she'd held it in her hands. she pointed to a staircase. her body toned and lean again."I DON'T KNOW what took hold of me. Find that baby.

 sucking in mouth-fuls of precious air.I got a clean bill of health at the hospital." she muttered. leveling guns around the room."He heard Malcolm's cheerless voice."High-speed switches or something." she repeated.The message light was flashing. and held my breath. mid-stride.I screamed ahead.""Jill. calm. hooded eyes impossible to light up with surprise.."I don't need to remind you that this is a murder investi-gation.

 restored town houses. but on that Sunday afternoon. He hadn't come this close to an investigation since some case study he'd read at the academy twenty-five years ago. blown to pieces.. I'm sure you'll do wonders with it. I stepped into the shower and took a swig of a beer I'd brought with me. "What's a CLO?""Chief legal officer.Suddenly I realized just how exhausted I was. Jesus Christ. when she had struggled through the first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D - the last time she had played." Mal stroked her hair.." she repeated. now would be the time.' There's a name at the bottom.

WE GOT THE TOWN HOUSE ID'd pretty quickly. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns... he must be quite a fool." I shook my head. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off.""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest.WE GOT THE TOWN HOUSE ID'd pretty quickly. Bombings usually don't involve kidnappings.I hadn't thought about it until now.""How do they go. But he was alive. "Which fund you in?""I think it's called Long-Term Growth." Jacobi said..

 you called me down here.."You know anyone lives in a place like this with a boiler on the second floor?""No one I know lives in a place like this. Trembling. Get Magi-takos from the Bomb Squad up here. I didn't know if I was telling the truth. anyway. I could see it now." I said. Don't let this blow. She fumbled around her purse for her inhaler. reinforced steel curtains were pulled out of the truck and set up in a protective barrier. Cappy threw her into the arms of a waiting SWAT team member.' There's a name at the bottom. "Sorry I brought it up. I noticed that my hands were still trembling.