He stepped onto the elevator and headed to the fifty-second floor. As he approached the fifty-first, on impulse, he hit the button for that floor. But even with his security card, the floor button did not light up. In his six months at the firm, Devine had never met anyone who had access to that floor. It was known, informally, as Area 51. He had heard rumors that no one worked on that floor. He had been on the sidewalk and counted the floors from the top down to the fifty-first, and wondered what was really going on there. Then again, it might just be the firms high-frequency trading platform. All the major investment houses had them. Just give me a second, OK? Yes. It ended with both of them dead, and I have a level of guilt from all of it that will haunt me until my dying day. Yes. I had to park — thats it. She glanced nervously at him.Murder disguised as suicide, like Brad was talking about with you and those men in the Army who died? Thats not necessary. Hell give his testimony when he gets to court. I guess so. I guess I looked a mess. I hear youre in trouble again, a womans voice said. It was Viv, Dinos wife, who was the COO of Strategic Services, the world’s second-largest security company. Wait a minute. What the hells that supposed to mean? Why not? What does it matter to you? And? Mason asked. Judge Hoyt shook his head.You can have the defendant arrested on a warrant, if you wish. Or you can have her arrested on suspicion of murder while you are waiting for the grand jury to act. As far as the Court is concerned, once the proceedings are dismissed the defendant is discharged from custody. Claud Gloster, a careful, logical, dangerous courtroom antagonist, was careful to ask just the right questions to bring out the points he wanted and then stop. Ill tell you anyhow, he said. In the big cities theyll vote us out and them in. Dont be a fool. Im not that dumb. I might be willing to pay you for the damage to you. Ill be damned if I’ll support a lawyer with any of my money. Did you at any time speculate with Mrs. Claffin as to the identity of my client? As with most serious events, the first news had proved to be wrong. The police hadnt taken anybody into custody; they had questioned three persons of interest which translated into three local men who had made notably ugly and violent remarks about Jess. Two had been turned in by acquaintances, and one by a family member, which was an interesting story by itself. For allthe noise hate radio made, the majority of people did not want to see their elected officials threatened, let alone killed. Stone started the engines as Faith entered the flight plan and radioed for a clearance to taxi. She got it and Stone taxied. Judge Garey said,The clerk will swear the jury..