Its somebody with a lot of money, I said, although they might not know how its being spent. In fact, they might not want to know. That would explain the carrot cake on your forehead, the doctor said. The only message we got was that you were a good guy on a government mission and to have your back. 34 In the privacy of his automobile Paul Drake said,Gosh, Perry, you sure got the sheriff mixed up on those signatures, but that purse business looks pretty bad. Do you suppose she actually did go down there and double-crossed you? How can you know for sure? The Cowl palace was for sale. There was no Michelle Montgomery in her Morse code bikini. No swaggering billionaire in his natural habitat of unparalleled luxuriousness. Devine looked around the train car and saw all gazes stuck to computer screens. Is that the man? Hamilton Burger asked. The objection will be overruled, Judge Sedgwick announced. However, I will entertain a motion to strike out this testimony should it not prove pertinent or be materially different from that outlined by the district attorney in his statement. Mr. Devine? It doesnt sound crazy. People will do anything to make money. But you took a huge risk doing what you did. Mary struck me as a rather take-charge type of guy. Competent. Aggressive even. Still out with the goats. I was also trying to tell you that I understand why you wont. Thats why Lance Cabot told me to shoot the man when he heard about him. He was sporting a Strategic Services ID, probably fake. You didnt watch? You have an automobile? I see, Mason said. Can you have somebody serve it in here? Maybe, maybe not. They probably dont want to make more waves. They know the big guns are out for their blood..