Devines birth had clearly been a mistake. Whether his father forgot the condom or his mother didnt realize she was ovulating and failed to keep her lustful man at bay, out he had popped and pissed off everybody in his family. His mother went back to work immediately at his fathers thriving dental practice in Connecticut, where she was a hygienist. He’d learned this later, of course, but maybe he’d also sensed his parents’ indifference to him as an infant. That indifference had turned to fury when Devine was a senior in high school. I lost a good man today, Dino said. Chapter 76 MASON FOUND DELLA STREET WAITING IN THE PRIVATE office. Very well. Then what happened? Masons voice was filled with chagrin. I guess perhaps I was. Doxey knew that Mrs. Harlan was carrying one of her husbands guns in her glove compartment. He also knew from Lutts that she was at the beauty parlor that day. He had only to kill Lutts with one of Harlans guns, leave it where he knew it would be discovered at the proper time, then dash upto the parking lot, watch his opportunity to get into Mrs. Harlans car, jimmy open her glove compartment, take the gun, and that’s all there was to it. He had committed the perfect crime. And it was then your husband told you about the transfer of stock? Gosh, no. Lay off of the guy, Paul. I cant even show any interest in him without tipping my hand. Im not supposed to know anything about that letter. Do you suppose it was taken by the murderer, Paul? Where were you between roughly midnight and four a.m. on the day she was found? I would say probably forty-five minutes to an hour. It will take about that to get out there, open the place, find the list, check the numbers and get back to court. He looked at Campbell; the man didnt seem overly confident. Its stopped hurting, Eagle said, heaving a deep sigh. Enny will be leaving any minute now, she said. Devine nodded at Montgomery, who rushed over and found and turned off the device..