And when you found out, you decided to kill her? Yes. He said he wanted to put in some tables for drafting and doing some confidential work there. He asked me to say nothing about it to anyone. It was Murfin who broached the subject of paying me half of my ten-thousand-dollar fee in advance. Vullo listened quietly to my reasoning although he started nibbling at his fingernails again. The little finger on his left hand seemed to be giving him particular trouble. When I was through with my pitch, he picked up his phone, spoke quietly into it, and then looked at me after he hung it up.The check will be in shortly, Mr. Longmire. I saw Ted on TV this morning. He did a good job. But he loves the spotlight a little too much for my taste. Devine didnt like any bit of that remark. You okay? What happened? Although I really didnt want to I recalled that bloody scene again, everything, even down to the spoon that I had picked up and put in my pocket. I felt my pocket to see whether the spoon was still there. It was and as I touched it I suddenly remembered where I had seen the man with the thick eyebrows and the short legs. Why? Carmen, she said, call me Carmen. Well, do the best you can, Mason said and hung up. Thats not good. Tribeca. The reporter thought over Masons statement. But the witness said the canoe hadnt been rented since you took it out. He just told me, and I believed him. Ah, the Tony Bennedetto case, Dino said, as if remembering it fondly. So whatve you turned up? I said..