Mr. Mason, are you familiar with our company—the Alder Associates, Incorporated? I dont know who that is, but the name sounds familiar. What was the number of that cab? Count Dino among them, Viv said. Hes always armed. Thats right. Im afraid to. Or hes an ace computer hacker. Ill look into that. He was behind that fake shooting attempt, wasnt he? There have been certain developments in this case, Gloster said, with which Your Honor is doubtless familiar, inasmuch as they have been featured in a thoroughly deplorable way in the press. All I did was nod and walk on past to my own car. He tried to turn the knob. It was locked. That wasnt unusual. He locked his door, too. He could have picked it, but he didnt want to risk it. If she had a camera in there... Then Jess was there. A Northwestern sweatshirt and slacks. And a lighted cigarette. Listen, if you go upstairs to the master bedroom, theres a shotgun leaning against the wall and a box of shells on the bed. Bring them down here, please. By Then what can we do? She motioned with the gun to the file drawer that Devine had been looking through. It is merely preliminary, Mason said. Id hate to be in your shoes, Paul Drake said. This is one case I dont like. He checked his watch and hurried forward. There was a door at the end of the hall with an electronic reader. He put his ear to the door and all he heard were hums. No footsteps, no snatches of conversation, no one on the phone. Yes, but I know something about Brad Cowl and whats going on there. So if she had found out something illegal was occurring? That is plenty of motive to kill the woman..