Yes, please. Lets see it, said Ekman. So, Mason said, the trip which you made with the woman that you think is the defendant would then have been the third trip of the day. Well, after reinforcements came, we—we all sort of let him out together. The detective motioned excuses to Mason, picked up the telephone, said,Hello … Okay, go ahead… What? I … The hell! … Okay, give me details … All right, get details and feed them in here just as fast as you can. Im sending a couple more men down to help you get the dope. I want facts … All right, I'll be right here … you start digging. Ill have two men down there within half an hour … All right, get them. But we really had won, so all I had to do was brag. Well, I had to tell at least a few lies to earn my keep. Danton itself was a river town that was heavily leveraged by a gambling casino. It had been known for decades as the place where Al Capone had sent his soldiers when the feds were getting ready to move on them. Not much had changed. The law, police and judges alike almost always ruled in favor of the gambling establishment. Jess Bradshaws family had made their money in the stock market. They had not only survived the Depression, they had prospered from it. Everything was cheap, and if you had the money you could become unthinkably wealthy. Jess was an example of how wealthy. And she was typical of a Congress where sixty percentof its members were at least millionaires, if not much wealthier than that. Touching, I said. After his late father. Then get to the point youre trying to make, Judge Hoyt snapped, his nerves badly frayed. He bought a ticket at the box office for the Sunday matinee. After that he turned toward Downtown and soon pulled up to the place in the Village where he had fought the three men. He parked diagonally behind a car at the curb and looked around. There was no police tape up, and he saw no other evidence of this being any type of crime scene. Maybe Stamos had been telling the truth. He next drove farther south to the Cowl Building and stopped in front. He could see the security guard through the glass. Did you weigh the bullets that were in the undischarged cartridges in the weapon? Devine handed over his security card. Valentine pulled a device out of his backpack on the floor and held it up to the card.This is one twenty-five. Is bullshit. I have app on phone. I can clone card right now by writing whats on your card onto clean one I get from Amazon. Is big bullshit just like encryption on your security database. Im going, she said, and he heard the click of the telephone. O ye of little faith. Chapter 1 16 No. Campbell nodded.Make it count, Devine. My old soldiers instincts are telling me that we are running out of time. Sig would have known Felix would call the police. Didnt he mention that to you?.