No. I... Imsure it didnt. Mr. Mason, you can pin your whole defence on cross-examining those ballistic experts. They just cant make that theory stand up. That’snot the fatal gun. Edelstein had laughed about this being asuicide run. Jess had all but accused Dorsey of setting up the entire staged shooting, and now Mike had just directly alluded to the opposing side. The public was either going to buy our act or not. All we needed was half of them. I do, yes, sir. No, he called a car service, too. A place where some green paint had been rubbed against the side of the yacht. Mary struck me as a rather take-charge type of guy. Competent. Aggressive even. Chapter 18 All right, she said. Then theres nothing to do now, except to try to cover up. Besides no one can ever prove I was out there with Lutts. Now that youve phoned for me, wont your husband suspect that you were the one who had me buy the stock? Id referenced Grimess letter only once to her. Now I returned to it. The attorney carefully listened to the Americans story, smiled benignly, and said he would fix things all up. What kind of a weapon was it? I would say almost immediately, Mr. Mason. I cant time it in a question of minutes..