See what Im saying? he shouted. Have you seen the hit list? Mason nodded.Lets take a look. Ill be at a table at the rear of the restaurant, where its quieter. You know what all that adds up to, dont you? Either he charged toward the murderer or the murderer charged toward him, Mason said. The first shot wouldnt have been a miss at twenty inches. Therefore, the distance between the murderer and the victim must have been shortened materially between the time the first shot was fired and the time the second shot was fired. They kept their arms wide of their torsos the way movies and TV taught us the old gunfighters did. Then they pasted on their best psychopath smiles as they started down the steps. Billy went up on the moment by stumbling into one of the cracks on the concrete steps. He fell against Sonny, who pushed him off as if his buddy was carrying at least cooties, if not leprosy. But why kill the janitor? asked Ekman. Della Street started to say something, then changed her mind and waited until Mason had finished reading the journal and tossed it to one side. Dino gave him a channel number.Thats reserved for our motorcycles tonight. Keep in touch. This time when Billy jabbed me, he did so with enough power to push me back a couple of inches. Yes, sir. Well, I suppose I can get down there in fifteen minutes. Are your people on station here yet? You mean me? The autopsy surgeon testified with a bristling of technical language to the fact of death and the cause of death. Naturally..