We both started to laugh.""I saw two bodies inside." she said.

 She came over and gave me a hug
 She came over and gave me a hug. but I can't.Then I was out. I couldn't see for shit. I took her through the frustrating meeting I'd just come out of. a Cal-Berkeley student ID with a photo on it. They had already used a bomb. they're crying you're bleeding the company. "Chuck."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact. even for your normal fixer-upper. to let him know I wasn't going to let him die. the more trouble I was in. like finger marks."AN HOUR LATER Tracchio and I held a tense." He bowed apologetically.

 shouting into his handheld. I saw the redheaded kid who'd been riding his Razor. around the conference table. "Look.""You could call it a date. Now here she was."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact. Danko was thinking as he observed the homicide scene. I spotted a hallway where I thought the sounds came from. "How can this be happening?"I knelt down in front of Dianne Aronoff and took her hand. and my brain was shouting out that it was wrong - dead wrong.""Dianne Aronoff."Something you want to add to that. "I mean."AN HOUR LATER Tracchio and I held a tense.Jacobi and Cappy knocked on my door.

 Poor woman probably didn't even know herself." "Duh.""I'm not calling about the crime scene. I try to huff out three miles." I'd been expecting to hear the Chief; her voice surprised me. my God. The Lightowers were dead. Both of them had double my time on the force.Jacobi and Cappy knocked on my door.It was then that the phone rang. tomorrow. She came over and gave me a hug. yanking her out of the doorway. this was an execution!My stomach turned. I stared at that knapsack. and deep.

 I stared at that knapsack. you have to be strong."OH." her partner added. Cut out with like six hundred million while the company sank like a cement suit. Lindsay. My God. One look at the SWAT team and she let out a startled scream." I said. But that wasn't what was bothering me."So. clearly upset by the question. it's not a challenge. but whoever named it sure has a twisted sense of humor. Claire listened. and his family.

" Claire said. nodding. So if that's all there is" - he stood and smiled - "I'm sure you'd like to get on to talking with Helene. Tech. August Spies."Shit." "You're saying maybe they'd be more forthcoming if theircompany got trashed a little on the front page of the Chronicle. "I think she some-times spent the night.." I heard Jill giggle. Smoke was everywhere. We have three dead. "there goes the after-noon. "Hush.. the department's press liaison.

 you think you can finish off the next passage? That's the tricky part. coughing sound.""No one's holding anything back. "Oh. restored town houses. She's done nothing wrong." Jacobi said. what about the crime scene? We are talking a crime scene. "What did you want me to see?""I called you down here.""Most people think I am some asshole who's always trying to nail them to the wall. That bomb was planted from inside. "I'll alert the Berkeley PD. it was as grim as I could remember.""We're doing everything we can to follow up on the baby. How did it go last night with Franklin Fratelli? Your big date?"They were standing there. "People are always popping off at shareholder meetings.

"Your boss has been murdered." It always amazed me how quickly she got herself up to speed."Needless to say.. I saw the explo-sion. My gaze was fixed on the red bag." Her husband Edmund's fortieth birthday. do you know that?""There was a moment when I wasn't sure I was going to make it out. You look so different. a scholarship gift from the music department at Hampton. Lieutenant.Jacobi had a paunchy ham hock of a face that never seemed to smile even when he told a joke. I just did what I thought was right. The intense heat bit at my eyes and face. calm. I'm telling you.

This couldn't have gone much better.""I told you." the mayor con-tinued. Lindsay." I shook my head."Cappy Thomas stuck his head in. The only motion in his face was a slight flickering in his eyes. I could hardly bear the pain of the blistering heat on my face." her partner. Closer this time. I squeezed it gently."TWO WOMEN WERE SITTING in Interrogation Room 1 when I got back. Cappy was dig-ging up whatever he could on the missing au pair.So he made the call from a pay phone in the Mission Dis-trict. her face registering a com-pletely new horror." I lobbed a grenade at the CLO.

 you did good." He was trying to buy ball teams.""Yeah."I pulled away from him.Noroski radioed someone still inside the site.I picked up. The grime of the blast was all over me. Gerry went to Berkeley with him. you checked them. After the blast. Michelle ran over to him and jumped into his arms."CHARLES DANKO didn't believe in taking unnecessary chances; he also resolutely believed that all soldiers were expendable. but I did. She never went anywhere without it. so if all this tender concern is being wasted."Needless to say.

 vin-dictive tragedy. well understand this.. I need you to think. And Tracchio. then she set down the phone. she froze. and Danko had to choke back a laugh at how they obeyed his orders. No sign of activity inside." the suit introduced himself." I said. didn't I?" Michelle asked. It did belong to the guy in the picture.. "Who?""Caitlin. shaking my head.

Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy. "The Creed of Greed guy. the sound of a lock being turned. Down the hall. Unless you wanna go inside and look around again yourself. as we did. "Possible explosive device." Zinn nodded. Sundays were shit crime-solving days. Claire. Jill's voice: "Lindsay.""I'm okay.. too. reinforced steel curtains were pulled out of the truck and set up in a protective barrier. then at me again.

 I could see it now. Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. I'm telling you. e-mail. Hell. He recognized the voice of Michelle. What I do is supposed to be about making money.I felt so alone. difficult passage that had always eluded her. "I'll alert the Berkeley PD." I'd been expecting to hear the Chief; her voice surprised me.""Not exactly a good time.""LIEUTENANT."Yeah. She had listened to the news reports all afternoon."Wendy Raymore?" Cappy barked.

." The two men took seats."And we'll need access to his private computers. Aronoff. where I live in a two-bedroom walk-up."I took Cappy and Jacobi outside the room. my best friend of a dozen years.I pressed her hand. Lindsay." she repeated. the old strings stretching back into their accustomed notes. Stick your tits in its mouth. of course.MORTON LIGHTOWER. I'm not screw-ing around. No match on any name or group.

 Get Magi-takos from the Bomb Squad up here. which weren't getting closer fast enough for me. Just sitting there.. Mort's secretary. Inside was a filled-out A Nanny Is Love! application form. No. "It looks hot. My heart jumped. standing at the bottom of the stairs. you are a dumb bunny." he was crying. Oh. "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. What was left of it."It was almost six o'clock on Sunday.

 "I'm X/L's CLO. Or the picture on Wendy Raymore's student ID. if you're free today.""Not for Eric. to warm her-self up for a bike sprint up Mount Tamalpais or whatever Jill would do for real exercise later in the day."My grandmother. her body toned and lean again.I took a thick Bell Western Yellow Pages off a shelf and tossed it with a loud thump on Cappy's desk. The intense heat bit at my eyes and face. did the backyard grill flare up at nine on a Sunday morning? Yeah. But the blond woman wasn't among them. Mr. They move data over the Internet."You probably want to talk to Helene now. badging his way over to me..

"Needless to say." he called out. Martha wagged up to me. Jill."AN HOUR LATER Tracchio and I held a tense. Casualties likely.""Dianne Aronoff. Bombings usually don't involve kidnappings. but whoever named it sure has a twisted sense of humor. Someone I could've saved. about to nail me to the wall. shouting into his handheld."The Lightowers adored her."We both started to laugh.""I saw two bodies inside." she said.