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The ancient ruins of the deserted buildings on both sides of the street lent the night a feeling of despair. Their lives were over and soon enough they would be utterly gone, like the people who had filled them with the day-to-day joys and sorrows of life. How? Koontz said. He seemed to think about the question for a moment and to help him think he looked up at the ceiling. I reckon I got blind-sided. After Arch disappeared, I reckon it was only a couple of days after that, well, I get a call from Gallops, who was already playing chief nigger. Gallops says hes sending me out some help from Washington. I tell him I dont need any help. He says hes sending ’em out anyway. Well, we’re right in the middle of negotiations for a new contract. We’re not asking the city for much this time, just a touch here and there, and I’ve already sort of worked things out with the boys, if you know what I mean. The sudden silence from Jess certainly got everybodys attention. She spent a few seconds shifting positions slightly, then turned her head so she could clear her throat. Thats probably why you were hired. Sorry. Retained. The garage door was opened with the remote control, the car driven inside, and the doors closed behind them, before they all got out and went upstairs and settled in with coffee and brandy. But if you have enough money, the laws dont apply to you, answered Campbell. And certain people, some of them in high positions of power, want it to keep going. Certain others dont want this to be uncovered and investigated because they would be directly implicated. If it had been, wed have seen it. We looked the room over for bullet holes. And were you doing that on the first of August of this year? That was a Saturday, youll remember. Theyll really appreciate it, Dev. They trust Abby and all but they see her every day. Youre from out of town and youve been doing this most of your life. And you were an army investigator. I mentioned that several times to them. I’ll mention it again when I tell them that you want to talk to them.’ He fired me — except that Id already quit. But Mix fired me anyway, at least in the newspapers. Then he fired Murfin and Quane. His two minions were occupying the guest room, each in his bed, each with two bullets to the back of each head. They could have been staying there all along. My other theory is that Larkin had left something there that was incriminating, or just something he needed, like money. If thats so, he took it with him. I expect he had a car parked on Sixty-fifth Street, so hes in the wind. Hes not going back to the airport, Stone said. At least, not the way we came. His smile was ingratiating, but his eyes were cold and deadly. You know about the recorder? You better watch yourself, Devine. By temperature of the body and by the state of the food in the stomach. But, no, Devine had seen enough assholes in the world to know that Cowl was staring athim and seeinghim, and there was a good reason for it..