He wanted this one. He said he always used it when he was a kid. She fingered her beer.Yeah, I get paid to hang on the arm of a wealthy man and look wonderful. I like to think of it as living by my wits, but its not really that. She looked down at herself. “I need this. Brad is not interested in my brain, in case you hadnt noticed. He turned to his left and said to Dorothy Fenner,Do you know this man? That wasnt what I said. The woman, who was not large, flew backward onto the floor in a spray of blood, and the dog began to bark incessantly. Stone didnt need a second shot. He thought shed been through some very harassing experience. He knew shed been running. She seemed very upset. Her face was pale underneath her make-up. He thought that perhaps she had been out with a man who had tried to assault her and that shed either been forced to get out and walk,or had hit him over the head in self-defence or something. He tried to sound her out in conversation, but couldn’t get her to open up at all. He took her to the Union Station. He felt certain that she intended to catch another cab at the station and go to some other destination. She didn’t haveany baggage. She said her husband was going to meet her at the train. The cabbie said he thought she was lying. Mason reached for the phone.Ill take it, Paul. Wheres cab seven-sixty-one? It isnt? Mason asked, as though the answer surprised him. And Sara? She knew about the Lombard Theater being owned by Locust Group. She told Stamos. And I think you killed them because they found out what you were doing. That the fatal bullet had been fired from that revolver. It lasted quite a while, didnt it? You go when we say so. The mans smile faded. He shook his head and closed his eyes for a moment. That was some sick shit, man. Sick. Devine took all this in, and then turned to Stamos as her drink came. A gin and tonic with extra lime slices, and a deuce of olives. So Alder gave you fifty dollars? And did you find anything? Gloster asked, glancing triumphantly..